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TIL that people hated shopping carts when they first came out in 1936

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gMwl8 TIL The NES game 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' included a real phone number that players could call and hear a recording of Jessica Rabbit offering hints. The phone line was discontinued by 1990 and reassigned to a sex hotline some time before 2010. The original recording has since been lost.
GYEeg TIL: The Jurupa Oak tree in California is estimated at 13000+ years old, reproduces through cloning, and only expands after being burned by wildfires to sprout new branches.
eMag TIL That Batwoman was introduced in 1956 in order to quell suspicions that Batman was homosexual.
p8eJb TIL the training for the original The Matrix movie was so intense Hugo Weaving (Smith) needed hip surgery and Keanu Reeves (Neo) suffered a two-level fusion of his cervical spine which had begun to cause paralysis in his legs, requiring him to undergo neck surgery.
logRN TIL the namesake for the Marshall Tucker Band is alive and lives in South Carolina. Marshall Tucker, who is 95 & blind, is a retired piano tuner.