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TIL Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, attempted to replicate their success with a second superhero, Funnyman. His book was canceled after only six issues.

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WJb9 TIL Billionaire from Pakistan, Owner of Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham F.C spent his first night in a $2/night room at the University Y-YMCA, and his first job was washing dishes for $1.20 an hour.
4XYw5 TIL the goal of the 1993 WTC bombing was to collapse the North Tower into the South Tower, destroying both. The building's architect testified that the plan likely would have succeeded if the bomb had been placed slightly closer to the building's foundation.
Ooy06 TIL: Thor Christiansen, a Serial Killer who was only caught because his fifth would-be victim survived a shot to the head. She recognised him months later in a bar and reported him to police. Law enforcement then linked him with four other then-unsolved murders that had a similar MO.
d8YXB TIL In 1985, Carrey made an audacious decision: He wrote himself a $10-million check for “acting services rendered,” dated it 10 years in the future, and kept it in his wallet. Call it a coincidence, but in November 1995, Carrey found out he would be paid 10 million for “Dumb and Dumber”.
ZpEmo TIL that James Harrison, an Australian man, who saved over 2 million babies due to donating his blood. He was known as the "Man with the Golden Arm," because he had a rare antibody in his blood used to develop an injection (Anti-D) to prevent Rhesus disease.