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TIL that The Lego Movie was the first ever feature film with Wonder Woman in it

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N7xE1 TIL that in 1953, the indiana textbook comission tried to ban 'Robin Hood' for promoting communist ideals.
e0Qkn TIL Pumpernickel bread is believed to derive its name from High German terms that translate to "Devil's fart" or "farting devil." This etymology is accepted by Random House and Merriam-Webster
DQDWe TIL The number 1 not a prime number
nWJjY TIL: In 19th Century America, free college was the norm across the entire United States. It wasn’t until as late as the mid 1960s in some area that public universities began charging regularly for degrees
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.