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TIL Katie Holmes turned down returning as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight to star in a critically derided crime film with Queen Latifah

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JNL1 TIL Humans have a genetic predisposition towards open spaces called a “Savannah preference”.
wYWM TIL there’s a video game existing in only one copy, passed around the world on a USB stick
xV9bb TIL Bald Eagles are feeding in a suburban Seattle landfill and dropping their trash leftovers in nearby residents' yards. The official “bird management plan" sent drones to chase away birds but were ripped up in the sky by eagles. "Scarecrow" mannequins with safety vest and hard hat also failed.
m1OJp TIL about Andrew Rynne, a vasectomy doctor from Ireland who was shot in 1990 by a former patient.
LPGd TIL the Tarzan Yell is trademarked (officially known as a Sensory Mark). “The mark is a yell consisting of a series of approximately ten sounds…” It takes over 200 words to technically describe how Tarzan yells.