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TIL "Kryptonite" was invented because Superman's original voice actor wanted time off, and the only way to do this was to make Superman sick.

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Z8QdG TIL around 3000 ethnic groups around the world use insects as a source of food. Insect eating is common in Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. 80% of the world's nations eat insects of 1000 to 2000 species. About 2 billion people worldwide regularly consume insects.
Yp9nx TIL that Jeopardy! prohibits certain wagers, such as 666, 69, or 1488, whereas 420 is allowed.
rR70W TIL: At least 167 species of bats are hunted around the world, including in US territories Samoa and Guam
8axJZ TIL W. E. B. Du Bois envisioned "an Encyclopedia Africana," named like the Encyclopædia Britannica. Du Bois envisioned a scientific and comprehensive work on Africa and Africans that would refute the Enlightenment notion of blacks as devoid of civilization. Due to lack of support, the project died
XAOR TIL an inmate confronted Al Capone to get back when he cut in the line, Al asked him if he knows who he is and while holding scissors to Capone’s neck he replied: “Yeah, I know who you are, greaseball. And if you don’t get back to the end of that fucking line, I’m gonna know who you were.”