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TIL that Jack Nicholson made $50 million for playing the Joker in Tim Burton’s BATMAN. That’s a lot of 1989 bucks!

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DMZe TIL a translator for the European Commission in Brussels knows 32 languages including Greek, English, German, Italian, Russian, East African Swahili, Hebrew, Arabic, Mandarin and Bengali, plus some dead languages like Old Church Slavic.
gKZD TIL that prong horned antelope have 10X vision, which means on a clear night they can see the rings of Saturn.
XEmJQ TIL of the Chichijima Incident. During an air raid in Japan during WW2, 9 American airmen were shot down, with 8 of which captured, tortured and murdered (5 of which cannibalised). The only one who survived was George H.W. Bush, a then 20 year old pilot.
0app TIL if you have one Irish grandparent, you are eligible for Irish citizenship (w/ fee). You don’t need to have even been to Ireland or know the first thing about the country to apply. For non-Europeans, this means you get a passport that allows you to work and live anywhere in the EU.
woYaP TIL that a blouse with a bow tied at the neck is called a lavallière, a name associated with the Duchess of La Vallière who was the first mistress of Louis XIV. It is also known as a Pussybow Blouse, because it resembles a bow on a pussy cat’s neck.