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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

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78Rk7 TIL the full name of Zaire's dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was "Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga", which translates to "The all-powerful warrior who, because of his endurance and inflexible will to win, goes from conquest to conquest, leaving fire in his wake."
e0XYk TIL of drockling, the sleepy state of repeatedly falling asleep and waking up in the morning while hitting the snooze button. Drockling can make you feel more drowsy in the morning despite getting more sleep.
x6pNk TIL about the Bussard Ramjet, a theoretical method of spacecraft propulsion for interstellar travel. A spacecraft scoops up hydrogen from the interstellar medium, the hydrogen is compressed until thermonuclear fusion occurs, and the fusion provides thrust for the spacecraft.
PYagG TIL of the Harvard Jail House, which was put on sale by accident. Robert Pinckney bought the jailhouse for $1.50 and successfully sued the town for rent when they continued putting criminals in there. He then sold the place to Charlie McCarthy, a ventriloquist’s dummy, for $10,000 in war bonds.
84JG TIL That the Rockefeller owned Standard Oil was declared a monopoly, forced to split into 33 companies in 1911 including Exxon and Mobil which then re-merged in 1999 into ExxonMobil the 8th largest company in the world.