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TIL Batman keeps a chunk of kryptonite in his belt at all times and calls it “insurance”.

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kOYOe TIL John Wojtowicz used scenes from "The Godfather" as inspiration of how to pull off his infamous 1972 bank robbery. A movie was made based on the robbery called "Dog Day Afternoon", it starred Al Pacino and John Cazale, both famous for starring in "The Godfather".
8MNX TIL that a 55 gal steel drum can be crushed like a tin can by heating it and then cooling it with ice water
6e58 TIL that while Mother’s Day is the busiest for phone calls, Father’s Day is the busiest for collect calls.
X0Pe8 TIL that former king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk directed and produced 50 films in his lifetime.
jNK9v TIL under President Reagans directive, the United States (via the CIA) funneled more than $2 billion in guns and money to the mujaheddin (which became the Taliban) during the 1980s to defeat and remove the Soviets in Afghanistan. It was the largest covert action program since World War II.