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TIL Singapore was forced into independence against their will

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E1QGw TIL that Superman was originally a vigilante fighter and in one instance was fired upon by the National Guard after he destroyed a slum to force the government to build better housing for the poor. He was also often depicted using lethal force and attacking wife beaters, profiteers, and lynch mobs.
nWmd7 TIL Poland uses clams to test their water supply
xVdnb TIL that many ancient papyri (and knowledge about Ptolemaic Egypt) were discovered after a workman, frustrated with having discovered yet another crocodile mummy, threw it and broke it, leading to the discovery that some ancient mummies were stuffed with written papyri
xjx7 TIL that The Land Before Time was produced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
VMQPk TIL of Harold Wobber, a 47-year-old war veteran who committed suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. After his death, his suicide note was found and read: "I'm going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I won't jump."