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TIL Siegel and Shuster created Kryptonite in 1940, in an unpublished Superman story 3 years before it appeared on the radio show. DC Comics rejected the story because among other things Superman revealed his secret identity to Lois, causing their relationship to change and upsetting the status quo.

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