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TIL that the George Barris did not make the first official Batmobile. This customized 1956 Oldsmobile 88 was built 3 years prior to the TV show.

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6E1xl TIL that unrelated animals have evolved into crabs so many times that biologists have a word for it, "carcinisation"
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4XD8J TIL that Singapore and Brunei currency can be use in each other country
N7RDJ TIL the name of 1997 film "Gattaca" is based on the letters G, A, T, and C, which stand for guanine, adenine, thymine, and cytosine, the four nucleobases of DNA.
M7yKA TIL that lots of famous artists have died in plane crashes, including Glenn Miller when his military plane fell from the sky, Buddy Holly while on an airplane, Patsy Cline who's manager flew in bad weather and John Denver who piloted a home-built aircraft he had recently purchased.