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TIL the Joker was only supposed to be a one-shot villain in Batman #1, but was spared by editorial intervention

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JYWQ1 TIL that Theodore Roosevelt watched Duke Ellington ( a famous black pianist) and his friends play baseball when he was very young
8eROZ TIL that the civil rights act was not the first one in the U.S., but rather the second one, as the first was overturned by the supreme court in 1883.
JYDmm TIL on the sides of some Australian highways there are signs with trivia questions to keep drivers alert and focused on the road.
E1y5V TIL that a semi truck is estimated to cause 9,600 times the damage to roads as a passenger vehicle
DNZg TIL Composer Sergei Prokofiev lived near Red Square and died the day Stalin’s death was announced, and it was impossible to carry his body out for 3 days due to the crowds. His death was mentioned on page 116 of the leading Russian musical publication, with the first 115 devoted to Stalin.