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TIL Heath Ledger’s voice for the Joker is based on Tom Waits

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0dvEj TIL following the destruction of the Iberian city of Illiturgis by Publius Cornelius Scipio in 206 BC, the people from the neighbouring city of Astapa–knowing they faced a similar fate, decided to burn the city with all of its treasures and then kill themselves.
MeED8 TIL that a research team figured out how to produce a fossil in as little as five days
m1XNE TIL that a Loofah is a vegetable, specifically a member of the pumpkin, squash, and gourd family, and can be eaten if harvested early enough.
JYbMk TIL about cross dominance where each hand is better at different activities. Ex: being a lefty when writing but preferring the right hand for throwing a ball etc.
yVg7a TIL that a man broke into the Buckingham Palace twice in a month and the alarm was set off but dismissed as false alarm both times