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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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pY6kG TIL: The Maqlû is an ancient anti witchcraft Akkadian text. It is comprised of nearly 100 incantations that must be performed in one night to take the lives of evil sorcerers and witches. The ritual was mentioned in a letter from the exorcist Nabû-nādin-šumi to the Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
PkLJ TIL Netflix uses Torrent data to decide what to buy rights to.
v1mN7 TIL that in addition to enjoying a variety of tropical fruity flavors in their diet, Tucans also consume the nestlings of smaller birds
9wM4X TIL that prior to 9/11, the most FDNY firefighters lost in a single day was 12. The 23rd St Fire on October 17, 1966 killed 12 Firefighters when a floor collapsed. A recent renovation to the building had removed a load-bearing wall in the basement to increase storage space for an art dealer tenant.
0OV5 TIL that the pacemaker, fridges, WiFi and Google Maps are all Australian inventions.