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TIL the stormtroopers in Star Wars are left-handed

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WkEMX TIL that Elvis Presley‘s autopsy report will not be released until the year 2027, on the fiftieth anniversary of his death
neQV7 TIL The world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer in 1941 weighed 2,200 lbs, used 4 kilowatts of power, had 1,408 bytes of memory, and took 3 seconds to do a multiplication operation.
jNwVQ TIL Ninety-nine per cent of crocodile offspring are eaten in the first year after birth, by large fish, herons, monitor lizards and adult crocodiles.
oB7Kr TIL that ‘SUX’ remains the identifier for the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, although petitions to change it were filed in ‘98 and ‘02. The city was dissatisfied with the alternatives offered by the FAA, one of which was ‘GAY’
16QGW TIL a dude in the middle ages wrote a book claiming that witches were stealing men's penises, putting them in a nest, feeding them oats, and keeping them as pets. He was in part responsible for starting the European witch trials.