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TIL that Liam Neeson accepted the role of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace without reading the script, and prepared for the role by watching the original trilogy and Seven Samurai.

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wLEJ1 TIL Saturn's rings have an atmosphere of molecular oxygen (O2) which is independent from the planet's atmosphere.
m14pM TIL after centuries of use in America there was an international effort to ban sign language. Educators from Europe wanted to force the deaf to try to focus on oral communication instead. Linguists rejected American Sign Language as a language until William Stokoe proved it had grammar in the 1960s.
W7dy8 TIL they buried a 1957 Plymouth underground for 50 years, The Car That Became a Time Capsule
R7EY8 TIL that footage is called footage because film used to be measured in feet.
8avOX TIL that when the Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, the public doubted the stability of the bridge. Six days later, a pedestrian fell, causing a woman to scream, which led to a stampede that killed 12. Public concern was only dispelled a year later when P.T. Barnum marched 21 elephants across it.