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TIL that the reason Han Solo was frozen in carbonite in Empire is because George Lucas wasn’t sure if Harrison Ford would come back for the next film.

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DQ18v TIL that "The Pond" was a small US government intelligence organization that operated from 1942 and 1955. It worked in 32 countries, and after WWII was set up as a corporation contracted to the State Department, later merged with the CIA. The US government formally acknowledged it in 2001.
N78QE TIL that Stanisław Skalski, the first Allied air ace of WWII, shot down a German aircraft during the Invasion of Poland then landed next to it, bandaged the wounded crew, made sure they got to an ambulance, and took off again
Y7x4x TIL a hearing test for human babies was developed based on a study on how owls hear. The pupils in both owls and humans dilate when a new sound is heard
VM9v4 TIL that in 80% of the States in the US, Sports Coaches are the Highest-Paid Public Employees
5VBMR TIL the ISS is traveling at 17,500 miles per hour