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TIL DC Comics sued the soccer club of Valencia CF for using a “bat logo” vaguely similar to the Batman one, despite Valencia using it since 1919, 20 years prior the creation of Batman

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loY6N TIL That the most western battle fought in the American Civil War took place at Picacho Pass Arizona (50 miles NW of Tuscon).
M7Bv0 TIL that the misconception that the Glock pistol can get through an X-Ray machine without being flagged, is linked to the film Die Hard 2.
M7GgB TIL that captured U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was the last prisoner at the infamous KGB prison Lubyanka. Powers was tried and convicted by the Soviet authorities and was later traded for captured Soviet spy Col. Vilyam Fisher (a.k.a. Rudolf Abel).
GOR5 TIL the Pleiades (a cluster of stars) were used as a method for testing eyesight in ancient times, a soldier who could see at least 7 was given the job of scouts or archers.
x0Wg TIL A study was conducted to test the effect of price on the effectiveness of an energy drink. Despite being told that the drinks were identical, the group that bought the higher priced drink performed better on tests. This is called the price-placebo effect.