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TIL that in 1983 Ivan Reitman was attached to direct "The Batman" and wanted to cast Bill Murray as Batman and Eddie Murphy as Robin

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VMAZ TIL that in the midst if the sexual abuse scandal involving the church, the pope was granted immunity from everything to do with a coverup and anything to do with the rape or molestation of children involving the clergy. He was granted this immunity by President George W Bush. 15:00 into the video
ebEg TIL that in 1842, Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism, became a Mason. Shortly thereafter, he introduced a “sacred” temple ceremony to the Mormons (still in use today) which borrowed heavily from the Masonic initiation ceremony.
GYmG5 TIL, on the day of bombing on Hiroshima, within the first three seconds 1000s of people were incinerated as the temperature at the burst-point reached 60 million degrees centigrade- 10000 times hotter than the Sun's surface.
YpnZP TIL Most Scientists Thought Stories of Rocks Falling from the Sky Weren't Real Until Meteorites Fell in Normandy, France in 1803
69dMY TIL: In Massachusetts, if you are divorced and live with your ex "as husband and wife" you can be guilty of adultery.