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TIL Batman used guns until 1939.

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rREp4 TIL A Liger (Lion/Tiger crossbreed) can get up to 800 pounds and 6 feet long. That makes it as big as any prehistoric cat fossil ever found. (Also bred for its skills in magic).
4X8E5 TIL Wilt Chamberlain was able to dunk a basketball from the free-throw line without a running start. Because of this, he routinely dunked his free throws and the NCAA and NBA eventually decided to institute rules to prevent this.
wLjw6 TIL that the term Plastic in Plastic Surgery predated "plastics" by 70 years, and comes from the Greek word meaning either sculpting or reshaping
7yv7 TIL: The oldest recorded cat was 38 years old. The previous record holder was 34 and owned by the same man.
LnY0 TIL before the 1800s, people had “first” and “second sleep”. They would sleep 3-4 hours, wake up for 2-3 hours to do some type of activity, then go back to sleep until morning.