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DXeV TIL in Star Wars, the Sith were originally red-skinned humanoids that lived on a planet the dark-side using Jedi were exiled to. Using the Force, they became worshiped by the natives, and became a “Dark Lord of the Sith.”
R5K01 TIL about Roy Sullivan, a park ranger at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. He holds the record for being struck by lightning more times than any other human being. Between 1942 and 1977, he was struck by lightning seven times.
JLG1 TIL wild bananas are full of seeds and the ones we eat have been specially bred over the years to be seedless
mxl1Y TIL that a Japanese chemical company once polluted a bay so thoroughly that some sediment contained up to 2 kg of mercury per ton. This concentration made mining economically viable, and eventually the company set up a subsidiary to do just that.
loBnr TIL There is a still-commissioned U.S. Navy ship that has been held captive by North Korea for 50 years; the USS Pueblo.