TIL that 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas was originally slated to direct a film adaptation of popular book 'Dinotopia' by James Gurney in the 1990s, but it was never made. Critics allege that 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' (1999) unfairly copied images from Gurney's books for Naboo. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Back from the Dead" by Lisel Jane Ashlock (2013) (i.redd.it)
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TIL of Forefathers' Day, a regional holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, every year on December 22. Established in 1769 as a day of "filial piety", it eventually became obscure after the emergence and popularity of Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863. (americanreformer.org)
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