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TIL that John Constantine is one of the only comic book characters to age in real time with his publication. This year he turned 61.

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mxQPO TIL Croatia's children concentration camp in Sisak was so brutal that even the Nazis questioned it. Some children were killed by being given poisoned milk or gruel laced with caustic soda.
e0V6J TIL The entire city of Liverpool, UK has boycotted the tabloid newspaper 'The Sun'
oRBko TIL the producer of the Sonic games Yuji Naka was visiting an American studio and said in his native Japanese how he was going to poach their game engine to use for Sonic Adventure. The game was cancelled because most of the development team spoke Japanese and quit on the spot in disgust.
nNAb TIL Archaeologists found the other half of the Mayan calendar in May
pY1dN TIL that on August 23, 1968 a pig named Pigasus was nominated for President of the United States by the Youth International Party (the Yippies) during the protests leading up to and during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL.