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TIL Gotham City is canonically located in New Jersey

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MeO0K TIL that for Apollo 11, there was a speech prepared just in case Neil and Buzz had to commit suicide on the moon.
bJBQ TIL the flags of Australia and New Zealand are so similar, the Prime Minister of Australia was greeted with the flag of New Zealand on a state visit to Canada in 1984
LQrwr TIL Clifford the Big Red Dog is the mascot of the Scholastic publishing company
0wYrv TIL Actor Christopher Lee went as a volunteer to Finland during winter war but he and others was sent home because of their poor skiing skills (Article in finnish)
v16vR TIL prolonged exposure to felt containing high levels of mercury would cause mental disfunction in 18th century hat makers, ushering in the phrase "As mad as a hatter".