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TIL That the term 'Superhero' is a trademark owned by Marvel and DC Comics, and competitors need to apply to them for a license to use it

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MegL8 TIL during the tornado outbreak of 1974, forecasters in Indiana, frustrated because they could not keep up with all of the simultaneous tornado activity, put the entire state under a blanket tornado warning. This was the only time in U.S. history that an entire state was under a tornado warning.
GYQXj TIL that Japan once fooled the americans that they were going to invade Alaska in WW2 when in fact no one was present in the area, the americans landed troops on the island of Kiska to prevent the invasion and still suffered 313 casualties from landmines and friendly fire.
d8RRd TIL Ko Yong-Hui, late mother of current North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, was half-Japanese and was born in Osaka, Japan
p8yN8 TIL that domestic pigs ejaculate for 6 minutes on average, with one particular specimen reaching 31 minutes.
6VXl TIL that not until after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy that it was a Federal Crime to murder the President of the United States