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TIL Batman used guns until 1939.

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JYOLv TIL of the Genain quadruplets. Four identical quadruplet sisters born in 1930 who all developed schizophrenia, suggesting a strong genetic component to schizophrenia.
8xVP TIL reusable grocery bags need to be used over 100 times before they are better for the environment.
wL9GP TIL if you allow bacteria like E. coli to grow in food, you can cook the E. coli out but you can't cook out all the toxins they leave behind, which make you horribly sick after consumption.
8aag8 TIL that in 1989, the Soviet Union traded PepsiCo seventeen submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer for almost $3 billion worth of Pepsi, making PepsiCo the sixth most powerful military at the time.
d8a0d TIL in 49 of 50 states in the US, inmates are billed for being incarcerated after they're released.