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TIL Superman was originally a bald telepathic villain.

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v1anL TIL that Dr. Fe Del Mundo, the first woman to be admitted to Harvard Medical School and inventor of an incubator made of bamboo, sold her house to create the Philippines' first pediatric hospital and continued making her hospital rounds until she was 99 years old.
d8lZB TIL that police in Australia spent over $1000 to track down a man who stole a $3.95 bag of Nobby's Nuts by hiding them in his pants
rNyQy TIL that in 1860 the original 13th amendment to the Constitution was intended to preserve slavery in the states that already had it. Known as the Corwin Amendment, it was an attempt to forestall secession. It was passed by Congress, but ratification by states was suspended when the Civil War began.
P1YBG TIL that Delaware has no commercial airline service to or from the state.
VdAk TIL that the PC game TIE Fighter, primarily a space combat simulator, enjoyed a remarkably positive critical reception after its 1994 release, as well as garnering acclaim in more recent retrospectives. IGN named it the “best Star Wars game ever made” in 2010.