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TIL that the guy who wrote lines like “What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!” and “tonight… Hell FREEZES over” among so many other excellent puns for the classic film Batman and Robin is actually an Oscar winning screenplay writer.

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oB08o TIL: The Statue That Offended New York was a nickname for a realistic nude sculpted by Augustus Saint-Gaudens that circa 1900 stood on the city's highest point. A critic said the nearby park's character changed: kids displaced by "club men...with field glasses.” (The art was later sent to a museum.)
6rXY TIL Japanese uses a large number of wasei-eigo, or English-based invented words and phrases that don’t exist in English, such as “cherry boy” for a male virgin, “virgin road” for the wedding aisle, “skin-ship” for physical intimacy, and “year of the coach” for Coach of the Year.
0wDP1 TIL The calves muscles help pump blood, The body is engineered so that when you walk, the calf muscles pump venous blood back toward your heart. The veins in your calf act like a reservoir for blood your body does not need in circulation at any given time.
wXDW TIL the floor plan of The Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980) is impossible as another indication of Jack’s insanity
dD8Vr TIL that in 1996 Philadelphia TV station WPVI changed it's news theme for the first time since 1972. The viewer feedback was so negative that the station reverted back to the original 1972 theme after only 3 days. The station continues to use the 1972 theme today.