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TIL George Clooney hung a photo of himself as Batman in his office as a reminder of what can happen when you make movies solely for commercial reasons.

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5YEBr TIL that as part of their "armed neutrality" policy, Switzerland strongly considered building nuclear weapons and acquired 10 tons of uranium in the early 1960s, with plans to make up to 100 bombs
y0JV TIL after receiving the Medal of Honor for jumping on two grenades, Jacklyn H. Lucas proceeded to conquer his fear by joining the 82nd Airborne in which during training his parachute failed and fell 3,500 feet and was unscathed. Oh, and joined the Marines when he was 14.
0dJev TIL the games magazine CPC Attack gave the best reviewed games their “Bogus Award” because they didn’t understand the terms meaning.
xVAew TIL that humans can have far more chromosomal variation than just XX or XY. Some possible combinations include XXXXY, XXYY, and XXXXX. Also, the XYY condition, in which males have an extra Y chromosome, is often undiagnosed because there are so few symptoms.
oRBX7 TIL Samuel L. Jackson Once Held Martin Luther King Jr.'s Father Hostage During A Campus Protest