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TIL when George Lucas first showed Carrie Fisher the metal bikini costume, she thought he was kidding & it made her very nervous cause it meant she'd be "nearly naked." She also said "I had to sit very straight because I couldn't have lines on my sides, like little creases. No creases were allowed".

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QJPbp TIL Leonardo de Vinci isn't the only one who painted the "Mona Lisa", his student Francesco painted a version her too. Francisco's painting has been kept in far better condition and is currently on display at the Prado museum in Madrid.
M7RlB TIL that dogs rotate before lying down because turning in circles provides an opportunity to take one last look for potential predators and attacks before bedtime. It’s actually an inherited form of self-preservation and protection.
rJAW TIL The United States still executes prisoners by firing squad. The last prisoner executed by firing squad was in 2010 in Utah.
16pWW TIL that there's a museum in Japan that's dedicated to rocks that look like human faces!
ANl5o TIL about Cao Dai, a religion that combined the European spiritualist movement of the early twentieth century with indigenous Vietnamese beliefs, as well as details from other older religions. There are over 4 million members, but prosecution after the Vietnam War drove many into a global diaspora.