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TIL that Chewbacca was given bodyguards against hunters whilst filming Return of the Jedi. It was feared that local hunters might mistake him for Bigfoot and shoot him.

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N7PEE TIL that the first known recording of a human voice was made in 1860, but was only intended to show a sound wave visually, not to be played back. In 2008, it was optically scanned and converted to a sound file, revealing it to be a man singing "Au clair de la lune".
e01JL TIL, Red Army had combat camels in its ranks. They were deployed near Astrakhan in the summer of 1942, during the initial phase of the Battle of Stalingrad. More than 300 camels were used to transport goods and artillery in the war, with many being killed and others left in zoos across East Europe
woY9P TIL that the Roman Empire had twice the level of urbanization than Europe did at the start of the 19th century
ZLNR TIL that for a science fair experiment in 1969, a 14 year old scientist used genes to change chicken feathers from white to partially black, which his teacher said was playing God.
1aQ1r TIL Neanderthals are believed to have practiced cannibalism, with 35% of Neanderthals recovered in France having the same butchery marks as animals hunted in that period.