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TIL the original superman was a homeless man tricked by an evil scientist into taking an drug that gives the powers of mind-reading, mind-control, & clairvoyance. He uses these powers maliciously for profit & amusement, but then it wears off, leaving him a powerless vagrant again He is also bald.

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0wwVy TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
NXxL8 TIL Gotham City is canonically located in New Jersey
epwAg TIL there is one bull that is widely considered to be the hardest bull to ride in the history of professional bull riding, as well as the most dangerous. His name was Bodacious.
e6VD TIL that Eddie Murphy discovered Chris Rock while he was at a night club stacking chairs.
GYZjE TIL The Philippines has its own version of apple pie made from coconuts and condensed milk. Buko pie is believed to be invented by Soledad Pahud, she discovered apple pie while working as a maid in the United States, she returned to the Philippines where the lack of apples led to her coconut recipe.