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TIL: September 6th, 2012 is the 20th anniversary of Batman: The Animated Series

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PYE6J TIL that to lower the cost of the car and make it more affordable to Americans, Henry Ford took note of the work of efficiency experts like Frederick Taylor, the “father of scientific management”, resulting in a assembly line that reduced the time for car manufacturing, from 12 hours to 93 minutes
wvKo TIL of the US Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell where the Court approved the practice of forced sterilization of citizens the state deemed unfit, including the intellectually disabled, in order to to improve the human race by eliminating “defectives” from the gene pool.
wLZR1 TIL that the Spinifex Hopping Mouse has one of the most efficient kidneys of any animal and creates its own water through metabolic processes. They produce solid urine with very little water.
VBlV4 TIL there are no less than 33 instances of cities and towns named Athens in the world.
MjgB TIL our walking speed is affected by whom we’re with: men’s pace slows down by an average of 7% when walking w/ female partners they’re interested in; women walking together move the slowest; & men walking w/ male friends moved at speeds faster than either man’s preferred walking speed.