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TIL that there’s a Justice League comic in which a superhero assassinates a Saddam Hussein analogue in order to end the atrocities of his regime. His actions actually end up destabilizing the country, making the quality of life for citizens much worse than it was before. The comic came out in 1999.

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v04D TIL that the last movie rented from Blockbuster before it closed its doors nationwide was ironically: This is the End.
ADEal TIL in The silver fox domestication experiment, the tamest foxes were selected to be bred, generation after generation, to see what happened: they became very tame very fast, developed floppy ears and curly tails, and some got mottled coats, just like other domesticated animals.
1g78 TIL In 2012, Ty Warner (owner of Beanie Babies) stopped a woman and asked for directions in Santa Barbara, Calif. The woman was trying to raise money for a stem-cell procedure she needed to save her life. After learning of her condition, Warner gifted her $20,000 for the procedure
0dgdM TIL Cans of diet coke will float in water, regular coke cans will sink. regular coke has sugar, which makes it more dense than water, so they sink. Diet coke don’t have sugar. Instead, they use artificial sweeteners, which makes it less dense than water, so they float.
Z8yQv TIL whilst working as a marine-biology teacher in 1986, Stephen Hillenburg was asked to create an educational comic about anthropomorphised sea life. He later adapted the characters within it, such as "Bob the Sponge", into one of the most popular and longest-running children's series of all time.