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

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e9x4 TIL That NY City used to use hollowed out trees as water mains in the early 19th Century. A working example was still connected to the city water lines as late as 2006
b9VJa TIL that, prior to WWII, dueling scars were a common sign of honor and stature, especially due to academic fencing. Their owners were considered "good husband material."
NQDe TIL Hotmail was named after HTML and its original logo was ‘HoTMaiL’
pM18 TIL Jackie Chan is almost deaf in his right ear because of the injury he suffered while filming Armour of God.
wLdQY TIL of John Kissinger, who volunteered for the yellow fever experiments in 1900 and refused payment, stating that his actions "were solely in the interest of humanity and the cause of science"