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TIL the piledriver was banned in WWE in 2000, unless the wrestler has special permission to use it. In a discussion in 2007, Stephanie McMahon said that only two wrestlers were allowed to use the move, “two of the stronger guys”, Undertaker and Kane.

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bGy7 TIL that in the film The Dark Knight, the man who shouted “we are not intimidated by thugs,” to the Joker, was actually Patrick Leahy, the senior senator from Vermont and a self-confessed batman fan. He has appeared in a cameo role for every other Batman film since Batman Forever.
epaED Til Hubble’s advanced technology was applied in many areas from medicine to wildlife conservation. One of more notable is helping digital mammography biopsy system image breast tissue more clearly and efficiently than before.
PYa8J TIL that Maya Angelou became San Francisco's first black streetcar conductor at age 16. When asked why she wanted the job, she replied, "I like the uniforms. I like people."
nZW7 TIL Rabbits shouldn’t regularly eat carrots or lettuce, and that it is a myth that these foods are part of their natural diets
N7oDM TIL the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens, Gerald Charles Dickens, is an actor who has written and performed one-man shows of Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol.