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TIL that "Batman" is also a surname meaning "Friend of Bart", referring to Saint Bartholomew.

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OoMRe TIL in 2002 a fake Johnny Bravo live action movie poster with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson showed up on the net. The Rock liked the idea and pursued to make the movie a reality but it never came to fruition
4XVEN TIL that the scene with Morgan Freeman throwing a baseball in ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ took over nine hours to shoot. Freeman didn’t complain once throughout the entire ordeal, showed up the next day with his arm in a sling, and continued shooting.
OoLv4 TIL that many major cities in US have a very striking racial segregation. For example, Washington DC has an almost east-west racial divide.
ADZVx TIL that humans can detect individuals that are blood-related kin through the sense of smell (Olfaction). This is thought to be an evolved defense against incest.
LQoaZ TIL the first hedge fund was created in 1949 and earned 44% more than the best-competing equity funds leading to a huge influx of new hedge funds 1966