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TIL Michael Keaton wasn’t surprised that he was cast as Batman as he initially believed the movie would be like the 1960s tv version with Adam West and only later learned that Batman was a much darker character

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gRBL TIL microneedle patches are being developed to replace hypodermic needles.
nX6B TIL The Lincoln Hotel in Chicago has a rooftop bar named after John Frederick Parker. Parker was Lincoln’s bodyguard the night of his assassination, he left during intermission to the local tavern. He was known to be drunk on duty.
j00N TIL Pluto’s largest moon Charon was named after James W. Christy’s wife, Charlene. It was later discovered that Charon was an existing figure in Greek mythology (the ferryman of Hades, later known as Pluto), and thus the name was kept.
GAAlg TIL about the Lady Juliana (1777 ship), a ship chartered to transport a load of all-female prisoners to Australia, which quickly developed a reputation as a floating brothel: "when we were fairly out to sea, every man on board took a wife from among the convicts, they nothing loath."
LQgKV TIL that chickens in the US are sent through a chlorine bath during processing and that The EU has banned import of this chicken.