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TIL: Jack Nicholson made nearly $90 million for playing Joker in Batman

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x6DGk TIL that in Sikhism, the most common last name for male believers is Singh and Kaur for female believers. These last names were given by Gurus to challenge India's caste system as last names back then symbolized caste.
neMbr TIL that 3D glasses were invented in 1838 by Charles Wheatstone.
gM5VX TIL Prince’s classic film Purple Rain was remade in the Saharan state of Niger, where there is no word for Purple. The film and song have the name Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai which, translated, means “Rain the Color of a Blue With Red in It.”
ndV7 TIL that there are contact lenses worn during sleep that reshape your cornea. When you wake up, your vision is as good as it would be if you were wearing glasses or contacts during the day. They’re also used to treat myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
0dbap TIL when Japanese-American Norm Mineta was interned as a child, US authorities confiscated his baseball bat. Later elected to Congress, someone gifted him a $1500 Hank Aaron bat-- which he had to return, since it violated House rules on gifts. Said Mineta: "The damn government's taken my bat again."