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TIL Batman The Animated Series was drawn on black paper to make the city/atmosphere feel dark

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nW8J9 TIL that male Gentoo penguins propose to females by giving them a pebble. If the female accepts the pebble, they become a mated pair and use the pebble to build their nest.
rkAe TIL “health insurance” was actually cooked up as a ploy by hospitals to fill empty beds. The real impetus to making insurance commonplace is when they made premiums tax-free if paid by employers. Before insurance the average person spent $5 per year on medical care.
oBjkW TIL the last person who spoke exclusively Irish, Seán Ó hEinirí, died only 22 years ago in 1998
j65xp TIL Susanna Hoffs was NOT the designated lead singer of The Bangles. All four members sang - it just so happened that most of the band's big hits had Hoffs as lead.
epW1g TIL There is a deep-sea fish which has a transparent head with eyes pointing upwards to see prey. It was discovered and described in 1939