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TIL that Stan Lee didn’t use his given name (Stanley Lieber) for his comics, because he was saving it for when he wrote serious literature

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8aWQL TIL An hour-long hot bath can burn 130 calories — the same amount you would burn by walking for 30 minutes
YVbv TIL in 1944 a sixteen-year-old black student in Columbus, Ohio, won an essay contest on the theme ‘What to Do with Hitler after the War’ by submitting the single sentence, “Put him in a black skin and let him live the rest of his life in America.”
yp7M TIL an Omaha man has filed a lawsuit against the University of Nebraska over its longstanding tradition of releasing balloons into the air after its football team scores a touchdown, alleging the practice violates environmental laws.
8vPa TIL there is a book titled, The Mouse That Roared, about a small nation that declares war on the United States in hopes of a swift defeat to get money to rebuild its country.
rovo TIL Nunavut has the lowest graduation rate in Canada and a student from Qikiqtarjuaq became the first high schooler to graduate in four years in 2016