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TIL in the film Batman returns, Michelle Pfeiffer had to be vacum-sealed into her costume. She could only wear the costume for limited amounts of time to avoid passing out. In the costume, she could barely hear herself and had to be told when she was speaking too loudly by director Tim Burton.

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OobM1 TIL Hitler was never president of Germany. He was appointed chancellor by the president (Paul von Hindenburg), and became the Fuhrer upon Hindenburg's death.
mGOp TIL “Huh” is the universal word, say linguists. “Huh” is not innate (other primates don’t say it), but the circumstances of its use (needing to quickly and briefly prompt another speaker to repeat herself) are universal, so languages that share no commonalities still converged on this word.
OoX91 TIL that Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise" (1995), which was later parodied by Weird Al's "Amish Paradise" (1996), is not itself an entirely original song. But rather, it is largely based on (to the point of nearly being a parody cover of) Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" (1976).
GR8Q TIL a UK customs officer tried to get rid of his wife by waiting until she had gone abroad - and then entering her name into the “Do-Not-Fly List”. She was stranded abroad for 3 years.
yQN1e TIL of the PUPPERS Act, which protects dogs from inhumane experimentation.