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TIL Lucas wanted Muppets maestro Jim Henson to voice the role of Yoda in Star Wars

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yVL0a TIL the salt flats of western India have a "Wild Ass Sanctuary", meant for the endangered "Indian wild ass".
6E7mJ TIL that there is a fish that can cause hallucinations when eaten. The Ancient Romans consumed it as a drug, and its name in Arabic means "the fish that makes dreams". Its effects are thought to come from the fish's diet of phytoplankton.
QJkae Today I learned the Biotech firm Pembient flooded the market with genetically correct, synthetic rhino horns at 1/8th of the price of the genuine thing, forcing poachers out of business.
6ENkm TIL Irish monks invented spacing between written words.
lp5N TIL magazine and clip are not interchangeable terms when talking about guns.