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TIL that in 1980 only 136 prints of The Empire Strikes Back in 70mm were produced. These also featured magnetic Six-Track Dolby Stereo sound.

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mKZO TIL that after Wernher von Braun’s first V2 rocket was used in combat, he was quoted as saying “the rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet”.
neOZ9 TIL that in countries, the suffix -stan generally means 'home of' in ancient Persian. An example would be that Afghanistan means 'Home of the Afghans.'
p8KwZ TIL The Umbrella Academy comic was written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance
R7G58 TIL Pythagoras didn't discover the Pythagorean theorem, and that Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, and Indians all knew about it before him
XkOk TIL: In London, Ontario a flame of hope was lit in 1989 as a tribute to Dr. Frederick Banting and all the people that have lost their lives to diabetes. The flame will remain lit until there is a cure for diabetes.