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TIL Harrison Ford was paid $10,000 for Star Wars: A New Hope; he was paid over $23,643,200 for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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wMa7 TIL of John Joe Gray, who has been wanted by Texas police since January 2000, but they’re not willing to fight his religious separatist group in order to arrest him
pY0PO TIL Mercury is closer to Earth, on average, than Venus is because it orbits the Sun more closely. Further, Mercury is the closest neighbor, on average, to each of the other seven planets in the solar system.
P85n TIL Mr. T stopped wearing gold chains in 2005 because he thought it would be an insult to the people who lost everything after Hurricane Katrina
rN98M TIL that the light bulb was invented 18 years before the discovery of the electron
n7Vo TIL that wombats have cube shaped poop, which they use to help them remember where they live.