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TIL 25 scientists who worked on the Star Wars defense program died in a short span of time under mysterious circumstances.

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awRrN TIL Almost 500 years ago, an African man Yasuke arrived in Japan. He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status of a samurai warrior and the only black person to achieve this status.
GYJK1 TIL there are over 300 World Trade Centers across the world operated by the World Trade Centers Association
1Drd TIL Venus flytraps were believed to be an alien species because they seemed to grow in places where meteorites were found. It was thought they had been brought to Earth by meteors.
p8ar4 TIL In Africa and Asia, Panthers are black Leopards, whereas in the Americas, they are black Jaguars. Accordingly, Panthers are not actually a separate (or single) species at all, but melanistic variations of different big cats.
erXn TIL some bacteria might generate, and communicate with radio waves.