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TIL Halle Berry's stunt double in Catwoman was a man. Hawaiian-born Nito Larioza was the same height/skin color and wore Red Lipstick and a cat suit for the filming

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RPVQ TIL that before air-dropped bombs were used in WWI, solid-cast darts called Flechettes were dropped in large batches from British and French planes over enemy trenches, which were capable of piercing helmets and skulls
oMaK TIL California Governor Ronald Reagan banned open carry of loaded firearms shortly after the Black Panthers marched on the State Capitol while bearing arms.
XEDy6 TIL of the Shepard Tone, a musical technique that creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch, yet which ultimately seems to get no higher or lower.
x6a71 TIL of the 1937 School Explosion in New London, Texas. 294 died, mostly students in Grades 5 thru 11. Although the richest independent school district in the U.S, to save money the school board put a leaky tap on an oil company's production residue gas line, leading to the explosion from a spark.
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