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TIL That DC won’t let Batwoman get married because superheros are not supposed to be happy.

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rN7po TIL a disgruntled employee attempted to hijack and crash a FedEx flight using hammers and a speargun. Despite their traumatic head injuries, one pilot flew the plane upside down while the other grappled with the assailant until he was subdued. Both pilots lived and managed to land the plane safely
15ed TIL that the Super Mario Bros theme song that we all know is actually a tango and can be quite beautiful when played a little slower
V5EG TIL scientists didn’t discover a single male Blanket octopus until 2002 because they were looking at the wrong magnitude. Females can be up to 40,000 times more massive than males; the largest gender size discrepancy in the animal kingdom.
yVaO8 TIL that, as a tribute to Ronald McNair (physist and accomplished saxophonist who died in the 1986 CHALLENGER explosion), Jean-Michel Jarre used McNair's actual heartbeat (recorded in training) in the recording of "Ron's Piece" which was to have originally been played live and broadcast from space.
l7ZB5 TIL Meryl Streep's agent did not make it clear to her that she did not get cast as Miss Kenton in Remains of the Day after the director and her agent sold her on it. She learned of it by reading it, that Emma Thompson, who is 10 years younger, was cast instead. Soon after, she fired her agent.