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TIL New Fun: The Big Comic Magazine, published between 1935 and 1947, was the first American comic-book series to feature solely original material rather than reprints of newspaper comic strips and the first publication of the company that would become DC Comics

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x68Q7 TIL: Fairyflies are very tiny insects, like most chalcidoid wasps, mostly ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) long. They include the world's smallest known insect, with a body length of only 0.139 mm (0.0055 in), and the smallest known flying insect, only 0.15 mm (0.0059 in) long.
E16R0 TIL Matt Murphy, the man who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball, sold the ball for $752,467 and gave half to Amir Kamal, the friend he was at the game with.
7r5wr TIL the small town of Rangely, Colorado is home to a disused water tank that was repurposed into a concert and recording venue due to its internal resonance of up to 40 seconds.
VM9N4 TIL The Travelling Wilbury's first album was recorded at a house where the five guys casually hung out, free form jamming on acoustic guitars with no other instruments. George Harrison then took those tapes to his studio, remastered them, added other instruments and fine polished the album.
40Xo TIL Whale Fossils have been found on top of the Andes mountains