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TIL A Catwoman spin-off franchise starring Michelle Pfeiffer was planned after Batman Returns (1992). The project took too long to develop and was eventually scrapped until the early 2000's when the project was revived with Halle Berry.

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0wZ7p TIL of the Vandals, a large East Germanic tribe originating from Poland and who, fleeing from the Huns, gradually migrated to Roman territories during the fifth century. They conquered Spain and most of Northern Africa and eventually sacked and looted Rome. The word "vandalism" is named after them.
8rBL TIL The point of giving back to back life sentences is so that if evidence is overturned in a murder for one sentence; the convicted must still serve for the other(s)
b9r77 TIL Quarantine was first invented in Venice.
dry9 TIL the real crew on the Captain Phillips ship say that he is a fraud, he endangered them, the film is a lie, and they’ve sued for “willful, wanton and conscious disregard for their safety”.
BKk TIL that Voldemort was 71 years old when he died in Harry Potter.