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On the 2011 Czech Republic census, over 15,000 people listed their religion as "Jedi."

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)