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TIL the creators of Superman invented him first as a villain who looked like Lex Luthor.

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d8bE TIL the quietest room in the world registers -9 decibels (yes, negative decibels)
6JMw TIL a German U-boat mysteriously disappeared in 1945 and the sole survivor of its crew, who missed the voyage due to illness, found out about the fate of his shipmates in 1999 by watching a NOVA episode about the submarine
gMExD TIL that, during their years in the White House, President Herbert Hoover & his wife, First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, were known to communicate with each other in Mandarin Chinese at times when they wished to foil eavesdroppers & keep their conversations private.
6dnQ TIL that the president’s feces are collected when they’re not using the restrooms at the white house because foreign agents can analyze it for drugs, medications, and illnesses.
78ywM TIL one day, Robbie Williams woke up to find a stalker in his bedroom and initially mistook her for a cleaning lady. She gave him a handjob and left. Years later, he told his band members, who immediately recognized her because she had bragged about the incident, though no one had believed her.