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TIL in the 80's & 90's bank robberies were such a commonplace in Los Angeles, in 1992 there were 28 bank robberies in a single day.

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VBwJQ TIL that Disney has produced 5 of the top 10 largest box office bombs in history for a total loss (adjusted for inflation) of over $1B. Additionally, Taylor Kitsch was the leading man in 2 of the top 10, both of which released in 2012.
PYW8n TIL DC Comics published 7 different Supergirl series from 1972 to the present day. The release of the last issue of Supergirl in the first series was delayed for several months due to a nationwide paper shortage in 1974 and the 1994 edition was only 4 issues long
woPGP TIL that before the discovery of electricity, electric rays were called "torpedo", from Latin "torpidus" meaning 'numb' or 'paralysed'. Torpedoes as weapons were later named after these animals.
R5WD7 TIL In 1984 "Baby Fae" received a baboon heart transplant at just 11 days old and survived 21 days before rejecting it.
wLv8M TIL: A programmable HP-65 calculator was used as a backup in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, in case the main system malfunctioned.