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TIL DC planned to make their first black headlining superhero "The Black Bomber," a white bigot who transformed into a black superhero under stress. Comics historian Don Markstein later described the character as "an insult to practically everybody with any point of view at all".

kJGW4 TIL "Murphy's Law" originated during rocket sled tests that took place in 1948-49 at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, and is named after USAF Captain Edward A. Murphy. Murphy went on to make crew escape systems for the F-4, SR-71, B-1 and X-15.
k60g TIL HBO programming president Michael Lombardo didn’t understand why fans of Game of Thrones wouldn’t want the show to catch up with the books. He said: “I finally understand fans’ fear—which I didn’t a couple years ago…Let’s all hope and pray that’s not going to be a problem.”
5QE8 TIL Jimmy Carter de-regulated the beer market making it possible for craft brew
eQrn TIL During filming of Ant-Man Paul Rudd attempted to reinact the famous leg crossing scene from Basic Instinct to Michael Douglas. It didn’t go as planned and Michael said to Paul, “What are you a fucking pervert?”
Lk5D9 TIL an inhabitant of the island of Sark who feels wronged can throw his hat to the ground, take a knee, and recite the Lord's Prayer in Norman French and then say: "Haro, haro, haro! A mon aide mon Prince, on me fait tort!". The wrongdoer must stop immediately, while a complaint is made to court.