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TIL that the fiction planet of Tatooine in Star Wars was named after the city of Tataouine in Tunisia, where the Tatooine scenes were filmed.

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MEnm TIL that in 1881, Navy engineers invented the first ever air conditioner with a lot of ice and a series of fans in order to cool President Garfield’s bedroom during the summer months after he was confined to his bed after being shot.
4N0o TIL Tutankhamun’s parents were brother and sister, which led to the young Pharaoh having Koehler’s disease and a club foot, according to new research. This helps to explain the discovery of more than 130 walking sticks in Tutankhamun’s tomb.
E1y7 TIL that it would take about 732 quintillion packets of Kool-Aid and 91.5 quadrillion metric tons of sugar to turn the ocean into cheery Kool-Aid.
b9mJ0 TIL about Million Dollar Point in Vanuatu. A graveyard for WW2 Era tanks, jeeps, bulldozers and other supplies that the Americans intentionally sunk out of spite after Britain and France would not pay for them because they assumed the US would leave the equipment there and they could get it for free
plGO TIL When a mental health facility in New Jersey caught fire, a newspaper ran the headline “Roasted Nuts”