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TIL of "Superman vs. Muhammad Ali", a 1978 issue of Superman where Superman and Ali are forced to fight eachother in a boxing match in order to repel an alien invasion. Ali won the fight

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QJ6Nd TIL about "wateraid.org": a charity organization that is "determined to make clean water, reliable toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation". In 2018-19, they brought 206,000 schools clean water, 182,000 schools decent toilets, and 695,000 schools good hygiene.
X07BD TIL Bull Palette is an Ancient Egyptian greywacke, cosmetic palette from ca. 3200-3000 BC showing a bull overpowering an enemy, named-fortified-cities, war-scenes, a collection of deities supporting the war-scenery-(on standards).
7rYYX TIL During the Cold War, the US tested its ejector seats out on bears.
40Ng TIL the jury selection process for the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting lasted three months and summonsed 9,000 candidates, making it the largest jury summons in U.S. history.
b9MlQ TIL that clonally transmissible cancers exist. These cancers can be transmitted between individuals without the involvement of an infectious agent (unlike e.g. HPV-associated cervical cancer). They are very rare in humans but more common in dogs, Tasmanian devils and clams.