3 Facts & A Fib: Fri. 7/1: Vomit For Protection / Yoda’s Original Name / The Original Meaning Of “Idiot”

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1.  Turkey vultures use defensive VOMIT to get rid of any disturbing animal.  They can propel their puke up to 10 feet.

2.  “National Geographic” published a picture of its first nude African woman in 1896 . . . and it led to a huge spike in subscribers.

3.  In George Lucas’s early drafts of “The Empire Strikes Back”, Yoda was named Barash (buh-ROSH).

4.  The words “idiot,” “imbecile,” and “moron” were once actually assigned to specific IQ ranges.  An idiot had an IQ under 20 . . . an imbecile had one between 21 and 50 . . . and a moron had one 51 to 70.

AND THE FIB IS….(scroll down)

#3!

In George Lucas’s early drafts of “The Empire Strikes Back”, Yoda was named BUFFY. (???)