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TIL H.R. Giger was invited to design the Batmobile for Batman Forever but his design was rejected: His unique "X" shaped design was to include articulated front legs/mandibles, retractable fins, and gatling gun emplacements on each of the four pods on the sides of the vehicle

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yQ5Ve TIL Clement Wragge, an Australian forecaster, was the first to give actual names to tropical storms and hurricanes . When the Australian government refused to acknowledge his system, he started naming the hurricanes after the the politicians he disliked or those that wouldn’t support him.
8e8JP TIL School clocks were initially synchronized by pneumatic tubes that pushed the hands simultaneously in every classroom, from 1877 into the 1920s, when electric impulses were used. Factories and office buildings quickly switched to these systems as well.
7rAbb TIL that Julia Tuttle was the only woman to found a major American city, having owned and developed the land that would eventually become Miami.
pYdke TIL rabbit starvation is when the body takes in too much protein with not enough fat and carbohydrate. When excessive amounts are consumed, it can put the body at risk for increased levels of ammonia in the blood. Protein poisoning can be fatal because of these increased levels.
rr84 TIL of a millionaire who announced he would bury his Bentley for his afterlife. After lots of negative reaction, he revealed the publicity stunt about organ donations. “People bury things that are much more valuable then cars and nobody seems to care”.