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TIL of Wabi-Sabi, a principle of Japanese aesthetics that emphasizes beauty found in imperfection

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X0B7j TIL the "Original" Emperor Palpatine face was played by a woman dubbed over by a man - actress Marjorie Eaton before being replaced by Ian McDiarmid
69gQl TIL a woodpecker wraps his tongue around his skull
5WBp TIL that preventing an abort of the Apollo 11 mission has been attributed to the work of Margaret Hamilton, the lead flight software designer for Project Apollo. She was 31 when the lunar module landed on the moon, running her code, and is credited for coining the term “software engineering.”
jdnQ TIL that pencils are yellow because, in the 1890’s, the world’s best pencil graphite came from China. In China, the color yellow is associated with royalty, so American pencil manufacturers started painting their pencils yellow to indicate they contained high-quality Chinese graphite.
gMG0b TIL that Nintendo offered repair services on the Famicom up until 2007, and only stopped due to difficulty supplying parts for the repairs.