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TIL Mark Hamill would ask fans camped out on his yard to retrieve the mail and look after the property when he was away.

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9r6 TIL the subspecies of Elephant used by Hannibal in his invasion of Italy are extinct
BrbMk TIL about the shrike, also called the "butcher bird" due to its eating habits!
wdbJ TIL When his boat sank off the Jamaican coast, Chris Blackwell - the producer who first discovered Bob Marley - was found near-death by some Rasta fishermen. They nursed him back to full health, forming a bond with their culture that became the basis for his famous investment in the island’s music.
oBQmA TIL the first recorded instance of human flight is of a Chinese prince named Yuan Huangtou, who was forced to participate in an experiment in which he was strapped to a kite and flown off a tower.
6Expw TIL that in the year 1913, 39.8% of GMC's sales were battery electric-powered trucks.