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TIL Batman carries a chunk of kryptonite on his utility belt. Just in case.

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ne8MB TIL about Mary Mallon, an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid, who spread it in New York city in the 1900s. Dr. George Soper discovered every establishment she worked in as a cook had an outbreak of typhoid and warned her to wash her hands but she ignored him and continued to spread it all over the city
5YBED TIL a football is commonly referred to as a "Pigskin" because historically they contained an inflated pigs bladder.
glrW TIL On September 11, 1987, Dan Rather, upset at the evening news being delayed by a U.S. Open tennis match, walked off the set and when the match was over CBS was left with nothing but dead air for six minutes
e6l4 TIL that Jason Lee, the main actor in ‘My Name Is Earl’ used to be a professional skateboarder and is credited with inventing the '360 flip’
M790 TIL Fox news gets 93% of climate change facts wrong. WSJ fails as well with 81% of facts wrong.