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TIL Batman’s creator Bob Kane stated his favourite interpretation of Batman was Val Kilmer.

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4X8QJ TIL: Lewis Bradbury asked a $5/week draftsman with no architectural training to design his $500,000 building in 1892. Wyman agreed after consulting his dead brother via Oija board. The Bradbury Building in LA is a National Historic Landmark and appeared in movies such as Blade Runner.
OKm1 TIL that the Velcro fastener was invented when a Swiss man named George de Mestral went for a walk in the woods and wondered if the burrs that clung to his trousers (and dog) could be turned into something useful. The answer, as we all know today, was yes.
l7WWG TIL that there’s a species of jellyfish - Turritopsis dohrnii - that is theoretically immortal, as it can indefinitely revert back to its juvenile form through a process called transdifferentiation.
0dMPj TIL in 2007 the Hard Rock Cafe brand was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, making all Hard Rock Casinos tribal casinos.
m1Zvv TIL that the 1961 film Barabbas, depicting the life of the titular Biblical figure, depicted the solar eclipse that allegedly occurred after Jesus's crucifixion by simply filming during an actual solar eclipse