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TIL Batman used guns until 1939.

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5Y0Gn TIL There is a Scottish tartan designed for Mars exploration. It was officially registered in 2016 to be worn during Mars science, exploration and outreach activities.
oL6Y TIL that Photoshop will reject an image of money due to anti-counterfeit measures
gMGN4 TIL President Nixon decided that 135 countries of the world each deserved to have a piece of the moon collected by American astronauts, so he gave away Goodwill Moon Rocks. It is believed that as many as half of the Goodwill Moon Rocks have been lost or stolen
1aeWD TIL of the Battle of Ramree Island in which the Allies launched an attack to retake Ramree and its neighbour Cheduba Island. There were reports of Japanese soldiers being eaten by saltwater crocodiles.
ADJLd TIL In 1976 Matthew Adam Garber, the boy who played Micheal in Mary Poppins, died at the age of 21, from hepatitis that spread to his pancreas. There have always been rumors that Garber contracted the disease after unsafe drug use, but his family says it was from eating bad meat.