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TIL that Clark Kent (Superman in DC Comics) is also a character in the Marvel universe, where he’s actually just a mild-mannered reporter and nothing more.

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LQXyp TIL about Grey Owl. A famous indigenous Canadian conservationist during the 1930s. When he died, it was revealed that he wasn't actually First Nations at all - instead he was a British immigrant that was putting on an act.
gr9A4 TIL an internet provider in Switzerland offered couples free wifi for 18 years if they named their children after the company
epER5 TIL the first recorded US College Streaker was a Washington College senior named George William Crump and he ran naked through Lexington in 1804. He was suspended, and went on to become a congressman.
MeXVm TIL that the Mouse Utopia Experiments In the 1960s had a huge influence on the animated film The Secret of Nimh. NIMH stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, by the way.
wlNo TIL a geneticist at Utah State University has created “spider-goats.” He took the gene that encodes dragline silk from an orb-weaver spider and placed it among the DNA that prompts milk production in a goat’s udders. The silk produced is stronger than Kevlar and is suitable for ligament repairs.