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TIL George Reeves (1950s Superman) insisted Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane) be given equal billing.

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DkbD TIL of Ainu, a critically endangered language in Japan with only ten native speakers.
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Ypeed TIL that land mines have led to a positive development in the Falkland Islands by providing sanctuary for penguins who are not heavy enough to detonate them so they can breed safely without human intrusion.
XOQj TIL the British tabloid The Sun heavily criticized Prime Minister Gordon Brown for misspelling the name of a deceased soldier in a letter of condolence to his mother. Brown apologized, and The Sun soon had to post an apology of its own for similarly misspelling the soldier’s name.
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