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

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yQDpe TIL about the Dragon Boundary Marks, 13 dragon statues that outline the boundaries of the original city of London
yVBve TIL that Leonid Rogozov was not squeamish - an only doctor among 13 (talk about unlucky!) researchers at an Antarctic station, he performed a successful appendectomy on HIMSELF, helped by two assistants whose roles were to: a) pass him instruments; b) hold a mirror so that he could see better
OG09e TIL that on 6th June 2011 an unnamed woman and man in Gatineau, Canada were killed when a 200kg flying bear crashed through their windshield before passing through the rear window. The black bear also died.
JYA1 TIL, a former semi-pro wrestler and Alzheimer’s patient body-slammed another patient in a nursing home (most likely during a flashback).
5YVjD TIL there is an island in Massachusetts named “No Mans Land”. The island is now an unstaffed animal refuge and is closed to public use due to safety risks from “unexploded ordnance”, as it was previously utilized by the U.S. Navy.