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

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nW6jY Today I learned that Action Park had a water slide with an actual loop-the-loop that actually worked (although it was rarely operated for obvious reasons.)
MeVrA TIL of RAF pilot John Cruickshank who was shot 72 times and still managed to sink a U-boat with his flying boat. With his navigator dead and him slipping in and out of consciousness, he flew his plane back for 5.5 hours, waiting for an hour for the sea to calm down before landing.
rRedW TIL that Ben Affleck shut down production of the movie “Gone Girl” for four days because he refused to wear a New York Yankees cap.
GA9xJ TIL fertile women emit pheromones that cause men to drink more alcohol
E4GV TIL that in France, Germany, and Switzerland, it is illegal to deny that the holocaust happened