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TIL Michael Keaton was so against Batman Forever, that even $15 M couldn’t sway him to reprise his role.

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ElLW TIL In the 1950s, full size B-47 nuclear bombers would do a partial backflip called an “Immelman maneuver” and fling their nuclear weapons in a parabolic arc towards the target . This was so they would not be consumed by the 40,000 foot tall fireball from their own weapons.
oRnvA TIL In Laos it it illegal for foreign nationals and Lao citizens to have sexual relations unless the two are married.
P1J9e TIL about the Drop Dead Foundation in Mumbai that fixes leaky faucets for free to save water, which has helped save millions over the years.
X04jr TIL Americans have used metric daily for 200+ years. We spend cents, not "pennies". Our least valued coin was an intentionally break from the pre-decimal British "penny" and aligned us with our French allies after the revolution. Cent is from the Latin centum or hundred(th), as in centimeter.
b9eL7 TIL of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) who were assigned to fight with the French Army in WWI because US commanders refused to accept them for combat duty with white American troops - They went on to become the most decorated American unit of the war.