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TIL Harrison Ford was fitting a door for Francis Ford Coppola, when a studio executive, testing actresses for a new film, asked him to help out by reading the lines written by a male lead. The new film was Star Wars.

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WkaaY TIL: In Vietnam, a bridge over 1,800 feet long has along its length a sculpted yellow metal dragon lit for night display and able to spray water from its mouth --but, most impressively, it can exhale giant fireballs. (It's meant to be a visual tribute to North Vietnam's conquest of Da Nang city.)
Z8Mkv TIL that asbestos continues to be used in the United States and contributes to an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 deaths annually.
Zp7Oa TIL of Audie Murphy, an American soldier from World War II that earned every military combat med offered by the U.S Army, including the Medal of Honor at age 19. He also won medals from France and Belgium.
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nNM7 TIL if you donate $500 or more to a Scottish heritage foundation, Sir Sean Connery will send you a signed personal letter of thanks.