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TIL that a poll conducted in 1998 found that 61% of boys under the age of 10 wished they were Catwoman

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9wlnm TIL That eating with utensils caused the overbite
nkmr TIL after a Florida Highway Patrol Officer ticketed a Miami cop for driving in excess of 120MPH on his way to an off-duty job, she was relentlessly harassed by other officers, including finding out that her driver’s license info had been accessed by 88 officers from 25 agencies over three months.
YnDZ TIL While under contract to play James Bond, Pierce Brosnan wasn’t allowed to wear a tuxedo in any non-Bond film.
AD04g TIL that when Plato gave the definition of man as “featherless bipeds,” Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato’s Academy, saying, “Behold! I’ve brought you a man,” and so the Academy added “with broad flat nails” to the definition.
Ke94 TIL That decades old TV shows and movies can be up-scaled to HD because they were shot in HQ, but the technology at that time wouldn’t allow HD viewing.