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TIL Marvel created a superhero, Blue Ear, who wears a hearing aid solely because a 4 year old boy refused to wear one, stating “superheroes don’t wear hearing aids”.

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p8JaN TIL that in the movie The Godfather, the reason the word 'mafia' is not mentioned a single time is because mafia boss Joe Colombo, along with Frank Sinatra, threatened the films production and would only back the filming if they could change the script to their liking.
e0wkb TIL A Canadian college installed sleep pods for students to nap in the library. The units are not sound-proof at all and have been placed directly next to computer workstations — which the school hopes will help prevent any bad behaviour
VBKGp TIL: the whale shark—Rhincodon typus—is the largest fish in the world (one of the biggest whale sharks ever reported was nearly 19 meters long)
xVVpB TIL that Ptolemy XI Alexander II killed his stepmother, who was also his half-sister, aunt and wife.
OLa1 TIL of Santa Muerte, a female skeletal figure primarily worshipped in Mexico. Among many other things, she’s the patron saint of: Homosexuals, Love, Police Officers, Drug Dealers, Smugglers, Mariachi Players and Bicycle Messengers.