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TIL that in the DC Universe, Gotham City is located in New Jersey and Metropolis is in Deleware

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4yAN TIL that the reason armadillos are so common as roadkill are that they jump three to four feet vertically when startled, which caused them to collide with the bottom of cars
xvZg TIL that Thor’s hammer was intended to have a much longer handle and be wielded two-handed. While it was being forged, Loki interrupted the dwarf manning the bellows, resulting in the hammer’s defect.
8ybb TIL Emmy was the ship’s cat on the RMS Empress of Ireland. She never missed a voyage. However, on 28 May 1914, Emmy tried to escape the ship. The crew could not coax her aboard and the Empress left without her, which was regarded as a terrible omen. Early the next morning the Empress sank.
xAdw TIL that Jefferson’s original Declaration of Independence contained a paragraph about the evils of slavery.
R7kV4 TIL that on his travels through the Arctic, naturalist George Steller described a mysterious creature known as the Danish Sea Ape. While this has since perplexed scientists, evidence indicates that he was not describing an animal, but rather subtly mocking the ship's Danish captain, who he despised.