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TIL That mangos and cashews are part of the poison ivy family

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k7YE TIL that the Joker appeared in Batman #1 and was Batman’s first “character” villain. Before him, Batman fought more traditional criminals, like mobsters.
d8E17 TIL Roald Dahl wrote a second "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" book, called "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator". It has space travel, Cold War politics, aliens, and Charlie's grandparents abusing drugs.
1yA4 TIL One in four soldiers during WW2 admitted to pooping themselves during combat.
4X77X TIL During filming of "A Bridge Too Far" (1977) the Dutch authorities would only shut down Nijmegen Bridge to film for 1 hour during a Sunday. The crew had to get the footage in that hour or else pay $125,000 a day to keep Robert Redford on set; hence it became known as the "Million Dollar Hour".
VM0Z TIL there exists a centipede the size of your forearm that lives in caves, and catches bats in mid-flight.