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Today I learned they tried to make a British version of That 70's Show but got cancelled after only 6 episodes

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yV7Ya TIL that the area of Tunisia Lucas used for the Star Wars Tatooine scenes was actually called "Tataouine" IRL.
vgZD TIL that in 1993, an Army husband cut off his wifes lovers head, dropped in her lap while she was in the hospital pregnant and said “"Look Diane, Glover’s here. He’ll sleep with you every night, only you won’t sleep at night”
awga0 TIL: A PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art designed a lethal roller coaster, made to take lives "with elegance and euphoria". It was only conceptual, but would kill its passengers due to the immense g-force, if ever built.
yQO5e TIL that Ronnie Van Zant, former Lead singer of Lynryd Skynyrd, told his father "Daddy, I'll never be 30 years old," before dying in a plane crash four months before his 30th birthday.
rNAZe TIL Alex Trebek nearly became a priest. In college, Trebek considered becoming a priest and went so far as to spend a summer at a Trappist monastery. But it was the vow of silence that changed his mind. He later said, “I’m not one to keep my big mouth shut.”