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TIL L. Ron Hubbard once fought a 68 hour naval battle with two non-existent Japanese submarines after operating his vessel’s SONAR incorrectly.

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yL0V TIL Ian McDiarmid was only 38 years old when he played the Emperor in Return of the Jedi
YVXW TIL Sam Houston, the general who won Texas independence from Mexico, was removed from his post as Governor of Texas after refusing to support the Confederacy during the Civil War
mxav TIL: In 1965 Mattel Inc. came out with a Slumber Party Barbie, complete with bathroom scale permanently set at 110 lbs and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight” with directions on the back stating simply: “Don’t eat.” Barbie, IRL, would have a BMI of 16.24.
gMEgb TIL that Henry VIII asked the king of France, Francis I, to a wrestling match. Francis quickly beat Henry, humiliating him.
d8vK8 TIL of a 1993 proposal to build a giant advertising billboard in outer space that would appear roughly the same size and brightness as the moon. The project didnt meet funding and inspired a bill to ban all advertisement in outer space.