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TIL that Martian Manhunter is the only founding member of the Justice League who wasn’t created in the Golden Age of Comic Books.

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GYvx4 Today I learned about Valentina Ramírez, the Mexican version of Mulan. She fought in the Mexican revolution under the name of Juan Ramírez after her father passed. Eventually earning the title of lieutenant.
ANdwn TIL in 2010, then stripper Bryan Hawn attempted to raise a 6-week old hyena, Jake, in a 1 bedroom apartment in Miami. This continued for 11 months, until Hawn was forced to re-home the hyena after it bit a friend, destroyed his plumbing, pooped everywhere, and broke his arm. They remain close.
KYQxG TIL about the Janzen–Connell hypothesis, a widely accepted mechanism that asserts that a forest with more diverse species of plants will prosper because the more common a plant species is, the more specialist enemies it attracts.
ebZL TIL some cargo ships use parachutes to burn less fuel.
yQ0Qw TIL that the fictional character from DC Comics Bruce Wayne is an Atheist.