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TIL that after he died wild west outlaw Elmer Mccurdy's body ended being used as a side show attraction including a carnival mummy before being finally laid to rest in 1978

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lmNK TIL that in the film The Dark Knight, the man who shouted “we are not intimidated by thugs,” to the Joker, was actually Patrick Leahy, the senior senator from Vermont and a self-confessed Batman fan. He has appeared in a cameo role for every other Batman film since Batman Forever.
me0p TIL that in 2011 a man hid in a tank of raw sewage at a yoga festival to watch women going to the bathroom. When someone spotted him he fled, covered in feces.
BrwWL TIL, Silfra Iceland has a fissure where very experienced dives are able to touch two tectonic plates (North American and Eurasian) at once.
R74B8 TIL that following the death of Heath Ledger midway through the filming of 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus', Jude Law, Jonny Depp and Colin Farrell who took over the unfinished role of Heath's character, donated their paychecks to his then 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose Ledger.
0wQY5 TIL When the first steam engine was built in 1804, people were worried that the speed would make rail passengers unable to breathe or that they would be shaken unconscious by the vibrations