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TIL Because of Robin’s constant exploits with Batman, it took him more than 30 years to complete High School.

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awY7M TIL that panic buying during a pandemic is not new; during the Black Plague a physician in Vienna stated, ‘When the plague broke out, people gorged themselves with such amounts of angelica root that later nobody was able to purchase any, not even for considerable sums of money’.
1aLGr TIL that in ancient Greece, piracy was widely regarded as an entirely honourable way of making a living, with no disgrace - and even some glory - attached to those who chose piracy to be the main source of their livelihood
p8ENO TIL that Beate Uhse, before opening the 1st sex shop world wide, was a pilot in a German aircraft ferrying unit during WW2, flying, while occasionally being under attack, Stuka, Me 109 and even Me 262. April '45 she flew her son and his nanny on her own out of Soviet encircled Berlin to the west.
bky0 TIL There was an attempt on Prince Charles’ life in 1994 - And he just watches the Gunman trip over
gM0AL TIL Porsche key fobs are shaped, miniature models of the vehicle on a scale of 1:43.