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TIL the stormtroopers in Star Wars are left-handed

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V57p TIL there is a correlation to long life spans and intelligence, and it is just as strong as the correlation between smoking and early death
oJar TIL That Nintendo and Sony were partnering to make an add-on CD drive to the Super NES but then Nintendo broke the agreement, causing Sony to take the add-on and make their own system - the Playstation
oRp7E TIL that, in the years it was an active sporting arena, about half a million people (gladiators) and a million animals died fighting for spectacle at the Roman Colosseum.
AgDx TIL there are more than 83,000 Americans who are still listed as Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Also, the third Friday of every September is National POW/MIA Recognition Day.
GAKp7 TIL of John Allen Chau , a 26 year old Christian missionary from Alabama. Chau was killed while trying to convert people of an uncontacted tribe on an island in the north Indian Ocean.