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TIL Superman gave Batman a Kryptonite ring, in case he ever went rogue or otherwise needed to be stopped

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4X1lR TIL about Ney Matogrosso, ranked by Rolling Stone as the 3rd greatest Brazilian singer of all time. He is basically a human bird of paradise, and called by some Brazil's Freddy Mercury.
DQMKj TIL that Kurt Vonnegut based Kilgore Trout on author Theodore Sturgeon. He did not disclose this until after Sturgeon's death.
4PEo TIL Leonardo DiCaprio was originally first choice to play Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds
xDe0 TIL Amazon often knows what you will buy before you do, they have a patent for sending your package to your closest warehouse before you buy.
Agw7 TIL Wikipedia has fewer errors per content length than Britannica.