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TIL Michael J. Fox’s middle name doesn’t even start with a J.

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7kWb TIL that Superman would have entered public domain on 1 January 2014 if copyright terms in the United States had not been extended in the late 1990s.
woG06 TIL that during the battle for the village of Raseiniai, which took place 23–27 June 1941, a lone KV tank held off the advance of the 6th Panzer Division for a single day, before being overrun and knocked out on the morning of June 25.
5W0Q TIL that after the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya, the U.S. fired missiles at a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan, suspecting that it was related to Al-Qaeda. The following medicine shortage led to tens of thousands of civilian deaths.
M710a TIL that when the submarine ARA San Juan disappeared in 2017, initial search crews picked up a banging noise at the search site, like tools hitting metal. After analyzing the audio, it was determined the sound was not from the submarine and was probably from a biological source.
kOk45 TIL Yoshi’s real name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas and Mario isn’t a Homo Sapien, he’s Homo Nintendonus