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TIL that Alec Guinness, the actor who played Obi-wan Kenobi, despised star wars calling it “fairy tale rubbish.” Regardless, he was one of the few cast members who believed the film would be a hit and negotiated a deal for 2% of the gross royalties paid to George Lucas. This made him a very rich man

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0w6KR TIL Kansas City, Missouri was founded in 1853, and twenty years later, Kansas City, Kansas copied the name. What both have in common is the barbecue
mOjR TIL a man from Texas died after attempting to play Russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol. He was apparently unaware that semi-automatic pistols automatically insert a cartridge into the firing chamber when the gun is cocked. He was posthumously awarded a Darwin Award.
w1VY TIL many color laser printers employ ‘hidden’ dot codes that encode the serial number of the specific printer on every printed page to make your documents forensically tracecable back to the printer. The EFF believes printer manufacturers agreed in secret with governments to provide this tracking.
5Vlpr TIL of Hank the Tank, a black bear accused of breaking into over two dozen Lake Tahoe homes and threatened with euthanasia before later being exonerated by DNA evidence.
Ea4V TIL after years spent working on the film “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan,” screenwriter Robert Towne grew dissatisfied with the production and chose to credit his dog, P.H. Vazak, with the script instead of himself. Vazak went on to become the first dog nominated for an Oscar for screenwriting.