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TIL that Batman during the golden age of comics was very different from modern interpretations and he often used guns and had no problems killing people.

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v1PDj TIL the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, the biggest economic policy of its kind in recent history, which scrapped 500 and 1000 Rupee notes overnight to curtail corruption and illicit cash, failed to achieve its stated goals and let to a dip in GDP.
mZo TIL there is a dog suicide bridge in Scotland
oRKAr TIL that there's a small village in Japan called Nagoro, where a woman named Ayano Tsukimi has created over 350 life-sized dolls to replace the declining population. The dolls outnumber the living residents by 10 to 1.
1AP7 TIL Band-aids emit a blue flash of light when pulled apart - visible to the human eye when you do it in the dark!
9YYXG Short answer: Pigments offer protection