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TIL that every year on February 14th, the nation of Iran sends Salman Rushdie a reminder of their promise to kill him for writing The Satanic Verses.

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9Y7JX TIL that over two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are based in Delaware.
kO974 TIL about Amanda "Powerhouse" Lucas, George Lucas' eldest daughter. She was a professional MMA fighter for six years until she retired to start a family. Lucas had bit parts in all three of the Star Wars prequel movies.
KOyoa TIL that in 1921 private police in the US dropped bombs and mustard gas on a coal miners' camp when they went on strike for better working conditions
R58W1 TIL Van Morrison’s song “Brown Eyed Girl” was originally titled “Brown Skinned Girl”, but was changed to make it more palatable to radio stations at the time. It still got banned on some stations because the lyrics included the line “Making love in the green grass”
ep4J6 TIL that during the filming of the original Star Wars, R2-D2 often functioned poorly, leading, among other things, to an accidental visit to the set of "Jesus of Nazareth "