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TIL that, according to Stan Lee and Lou Ferrigno, CBS thought the name Bruce Banner sounded "too gay-ish.” The protagonist’s name on The Incredible Hulk series was then changed to David Banner. Ferrigno thought it was "the most absurd, ridiculous thing [I’d] ever heard".

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x6VyD TIL in 2010 a Seattle-area county council candidate named Ubax Gardheere once threatened to blow up a school bus and mocked the children who fled the vehicle as "cowards", according to court documents.
8kmP TIL that (in the US) if someone ships you something by mistake, you can consider it a gift and keep it. Based on federal law you are under no obligation to return it, nor can they attempt to bill you for it.
Z8ZGY TIL Australia has over 10,000 beaches. You could visit a different beach every day for 27years.
p8wkO TIL that the FBI found the bodies of the 1964 Freedom Summer murders with the help of a hitman who, along with an agent, beat and kidnapped a KKK member. The Klansman had a gun barrel shoved down his throat as the hitman “started cutting his dick off with a razor” until the location was revealed.
MGnK TIL Hong Kong has the world’s most efficient subway system with a 99.9% on-time rate and the entire system is manage via an AI