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TIL that the animated DC movie Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker was edited for being seen as too violent for kids, in light of the Columbine High School massacre that happened the year before its release

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R5Wga TIL that in 1961, surgeon Leonid Rogozov operated on himself for appendicitis. With local anesthesia, a mirror and the help of his colleagues, he managed to remove his appendix.
7myP TIL School clerk Antoinette Tuff encountered a man carrying an AK-47 assault rifle into an elementary school in Georgia and spent an hour convincing him not to hurt anybody. In the end, he didn’t.
1QL8 TIL that Kurt Russell was actually the director of Tombstone, but kept his name off the credits by hiring a “ghost director”, someone who would be credited but was not allowed to make any decisions for himself and was only allowed to do what Russel told him.
l7RkA TIL that airplane emergency exit doors are impossible to open mid flight, because due to pressure, it would take 24,000 pounds of force to open the door.
wonE6 TIL The Most Controversial Shirt in Rock History led to 22 years of arrests and public outrage. Extreme-metal band Cradle of Filth released the shirt in 1993. It bears the image of a masturbating nun on the front with the phrase “Vestal masturbation,” and the words “Jesus is a cunt on the back.