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TIL that Quincy Jones felt that Billie Jean was too weak to be included on Thriller

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W7olY TIL that Superman's name in Hebrew is translated as Kal, meaning "voice", and El, meaning "of God." So his name literally means the voice of God. Though Superman is mostly interpreted as a Christ allegory today, the entire thing is actually based on Moses. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were Jewish
5BBn TIL Netherlands Closed Eight Prisons Due To Lack Of Criminals
4Xm1o TIL in the Republic of China the legal birthday of a leapling (person born on February 29th) is February 28th in common years. In Hong Kong, the legal birthday of a leapling is March 1 in common years.
PbL TIL Heath Ledger wanted Christian Bale to beat him as hard as he could during the interrogation scene in “The Dark Knight”, so he could get a better feel for the scene.
AAPx TIL Nickelodeon executives were worried about backing Avatar’s sequel, “Legend of Korra” because it was an animated action show with a female lead character. During test screenings, however, boys said they didn’t care that Korra was a girl, just saying “She was awesome.”