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TIL that men's & women's buttoned shirts have buttons on opposite sides.

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R5NQ7 TIL A Catwoman spin-off franchise starring Michelle Pfeiffer was planned after Batman Returns (1992). The project took too long to develop and was eventually scrapped until the early 2000's when the project was revived with Halle Berry.
yQZDl TIL that Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Lamborghini cars, was fascinated with Spanish culture. Nearly every car is named after a Spanish word, majority of them deriving from the name of famous bulls that killed a matador in a bull fight. This is also why their logo is a charging bull.
epre6 TIL that the iconic birdlike mask of plague doctors in the 17th century was designed to hold herbs and perfumes, which kept away bad smells, such as the smell of decaying bodies. Doctors believed the herbs would counter the "evil" smells of the plague and prevent them from becoming infected.
woGkP [TIL]The FBI is struggling to find good hackers because of marijuana rules
6E6JJ TIL that it is possible for a uranium deposit to spontaneously undergo nuclear fission, thus acting as a "natural" nuclear reactor capable of generating up to 100 kilowatts.