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TIL That Tom Hardy (Bane) needed 3 inch heels to be the same height as Christian Bale so he could look him in the eyes.

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bRD9 TIL in 2007, a prostitute was held at gunpoint and raped by a prospective client and his buddy after the two refused to pay prior to a prearranged transaction. The Judge in the case ruled the crime as only “theft of services”.
ndmW TIL PCWorld rated the ZIP drive as the 15th worst technology product of all time in 2006, but then rated it as the 23rd best technology product in 2007
Egno7 TIL that Senator Joe McCarthy defended top SS troopers after WW2 in what was known as the Malmedy Massacre Trials.
loyMa TIL many countries won't allow you to donate blood if you lived in the UK for more than six months between 1980-1996. This is because of concerns around blood-borne transmission of BSE/vCJD, colloquially referred to as Mad Cow Disease.
YDax TIL A woman had a heart attack on a plane, when the stewardess asked if there was a doctor on board, 15 stood up, they were on their way to a cardiology conference.