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TIL that Superman is due to enter the public domain by 2033.

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pYdLA TIL that HM Prison Shepton Mallet (UK) was used by the American military 1942 to 1945. At the end of 1944 there were 768 soldiers imprisoned. 18 were executed at the prison: sixteen were hanged and two were shot by a firing squad. 10 of the 18 men executed there were black and three were Hispanic.
4ky7o TIL that a flight attendant accidentally stepped on a pilots' seat adjuster while serving them, causing the seat to throw the pilot into the yoke, which sent the plane on a brief and extreme nosedive. Passengers were thrown around and 50 were injured.
PYAaE TIL that in the Science of Discworld books, which tells of a flat "earth" floating through space, there is a organization called Omnianism, on Discworld, that believes the Discworld is round.
ADwNB TIL In Ireland there is an amusement park called Tayto Park, which is based on the Irish potato crisp brand of the same name.
R7l87 TIL that the marker for the Four Corners Monument in the US where visitors put their bodies in four states at once, is off by 1,800 feet to the east meaning most tourists technically just visited New Mexico.