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TIL: Disney sued to keep full rights to Marvel characters including Spider-Man, Black Widow, and more from going into the hands of its original creator's families

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mjnP TIL a private walled city is being built in Guatemala. This self-contained haven for the wealthy boasts apartments, shops, nightclubs, boutiques and restaurants. Residences cost $260,000 to $800,000 each, in a country where the average citizen makes less than $300 a month.
LkWDd TIL in World War II, a few engineers wanted to reinforce the (returned) fighter planes where most of the bullet holes were. Mr. Abraham Wald then said: Let's reinforce them where no bullet holes are instead - because apparently, airplanes hit in these spots did NOT return.
5oxp TIL the reason Howie Mandel is obsessed with germs is because as a child a sand fly laid eggs in him, and larvae grew visibly just under the skin of his legs.
eE7D TIL of the Kentucky Bend, a portion of Kentucky surrounded on all sides by the states of Missouri and Tennessee.
kvKe TIL that Greek people have sex the most often and Japanese people the least.