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TIL Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan) received 2.25% of the total profits Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope while Harrison Ford (Han Solo) only made .67% the profits and Mark Hamill (Luke) and Carrie Fisher (Leia) only took home .25% of profits.

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1bmV TIL the economist Peter Schiff repeatedly warned investors in 2006 about the coming subprime mortgage crisis on various news shows and was either laughed at or shouted down by pundits who recommended investing in banks that later failed
loYaa TIL about Typhoid Mary: the first asymptomatic carrier of typhoid. In her job as a cook she infected 51 people. She was forcibly isolated for 3 years; being released on the promise she didn’t return to cooking. She did return, was caught and confined for the remainder of her life (23 years).
nNa9 TIL that the french foreign legion units always march last during parades because on average, the legion has an 88 steps per minute pace while other french units have 120 steps per minute while marching. The reason for this is somewhat unclear.
6rXW TIL that Morgan Freeman called Black History Month ‘Ridiculous’
6eZZ TIL after his wife died, Rick Moranis quit Hollywood so he could spend his time raising his children.