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TIL Gotham City is canonically located in New Jersey

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9Y8Km TIL during the 1930s as German anti-Semitism increased, there was a proposed plan to establish a Jewish colony 80% the size of modern Israel in outback Australia.
KOaAJ TIL The NBA record for most rebounds in a single game is held by Wilt Chamberlain, with 55 rebounds. His opponent in that game was Bill Russell.
0yoM TIL Carl Sagan was part of Project A119, a project whose goal was to explode a nuclear weapon on the moon.
4XW4a TIL there was a war between Ohio and Michigan over Toledo's land which sparked the Ohio-Michigan sports rivalry.
PaZO TIL For Swedish males, having a name with a Y in the end statistically more than doubles your chances of ending up in prison, compared to most common names [PDF]