› added 12 years ago

79

TIL: In Superman/Batman #50, it is revealed that Thomas Wayne convinced Jor-El that Earth would be an appropriate place to send his son.

Read more wikipedia.org

via reddit.com

9wv5m TIL no child has been poisoned by Halloween candy. Exception, one by a family member.
ne0nW TIL there's seven species of dinosaur that have a 'live' appearance in the film Jurassic Park, but only two, the Brachiosaurus and Dilophosaurus were actually from the Jurassic period. The other five: Gallimimus, Parasaurolophus, Triceratops, T-Rex, and Velociraptor were all from the Cretaceous.
M7PO7 TIL Since the World Chess Championship started in 1886, there has only ever been one instance of the title being won by a checkmate, back in 1929.
161AP TIL there was a serial killer in early 1900s New Orleans known as the Axeman who claimed in a letter that he would spare anyone playing jazz music.
e0Mo5 TIL that the earth can create natural nuclear fission reactors under its crust. The only one we currently know of is located in Gabon, Africa.