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TIL that During a 2011 Comic-Con, when asked about Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Mark Hamill claims it was the most original performance he has ever seen since Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar-winning portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.

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ElLW TIL In the 1950s, full size B-47 nuclear bombers would do a partial backflip called an “Immelman maneuver” and fling their nuclear weapons in a parabolic arc towards the target . This was so they would not be consumed by the 40,000 foot tall fireball from their own weapons.
JYEEB TIL Jennifer Lopez was not too pleased with her South Park portrayal, getting mad and firing people from the set of one of her films because they kept reciting lines and lyrics from the episode ('Ooh tacos, I love tacos...' ) and the song "Taco-Flavoured Kisses"
xVxw5 TIL that in 1920, the town of Jackson, Wyoming elected an all-female town council by a margin of 2-1 over the men, drawing the most voters the town had ever seen. Known as the "pettycoat rulers," the women served for 3 years and did a great deal to clean up the notoriously lawless town
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ADNwl TIL when a hippo's teeth are worn it will die of starvation