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TIL ‘Skyhook,’ used to capture Lau in The Dark Knight, was real.

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X0rej TIL There are species of birds that have developed the ability to acquire toxic chemicals in their bodies making them less palatable or even lethal when consumed or contacted
W7gko TIL Nikola Tesla claimed to have invented a death ray capable of destroying entire armies.
4kXRw TIL The first film adaptation of the classic Irish novel ‘Ulysses’ by James Joyce was banned in Ireland for over 3 decades for being "subversive to public morality". The ban was only lifted in 2000
yQKR8 TIL of a German art project called the Time Pyramid. It consists of 120 concrete blocks, but only one block is placed every 10 years. So far, 3 blocks have been placed. It is scheduled to be completed in the year 3183
W7y0B TIL in 2020 a bar-tailed godwit broke the "world record" for the longest flight by a bird, flying for 11 days straight from Alaska to New Zealand, a distance of over 12,000 km or 7,500 miles.