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TIL that Batman is based on an English vigilante named Bill Smith who fought crime in the 1800s.

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woY46 TiL there are an estimated 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world every year, and the largest recorded earthquake in the United States was a magnitude 9.2 that struck Prince William Sound, Alaska on March 28, 1964
Grog TIL Michael Jordan’s father was murdered. The famous picture of Jordan crying while holding the trophy was the first NBA Championship win since his father died. The day Jordan and the Bulls won that title happened to be on Father’s Day.
JYbGQ TIL that the town of Banbury in England has its own cake, which includes rum and rosewater in its ingredients.
rAoe TIL in the 1980s a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain that was responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.
jNDKN TIL that blue jays are in the Corvid family and are closely related to crows and ravens