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TIL that the USS Bowfin is the only submarine ever to sink a bus with a torpedo.

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9k6p TIL that the word “batman” is used to refer to someone’s personal servant. So, Alfred Pennyworth is actually Batman’s batman.
NXnXe TIL that George Miller, creator of the Mad Max films, was educated as a doctor and finished his residency before becoming a filmmaker
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