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TIL Lynard Skynard was named after their high school gym coach, Leonard Skinner

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gdpA TIL David Prowse, the guy in the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy, is banned by George Lucas from all Star Wars events.
X0wl8 TIL: Slaves were sometimes lottery prizes in the past. An example was when Bernard Moore, in quick need of cash, divided his estate into 124 prizes and sold 1840 lottery tickets. You could win a slave, 10 cows, a house, a forge, mill, or wagon. The slaves were the cheapest prizes.
W9y4 TIL In 1966 a Beluga whale swam up the Rhine river (Germany) as far as Bonn. The skippers who first saw the whale had to take blood alcohol tests after reporting it.
9wLwX TIL in 1973 a British couple survived 117 days lost at sea on an inflatable raft after their boat sank when it was struck by a whale. They survived by "almost continually" bailing water out of their raft, while collecting rainwater & killing turtles, birds and fish with their bare hands for food.
BNbe TIL that Elizabeth Taylor had not only violet tinted irises, but also a mutation causing her to have double the amount of eyelashes.