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TIL: Centuries Before Gotham's Hero, A Batman God Roamed The Mayan Underworld

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D1p8Y TIL that a US bomber purposely crashed into a hillside in Sheffield on 22 February 1944, killing everyone on board instead of crashing into a park with a large group of children in it.
worb8 TIL the political terms "left" and "right" first appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into conservative supporters of the old regime to the assembly president's right and the more liberal supporters of the revolution to his left
JYMwQ TIL that mosquito nets given to people in Africa to protect them from contracting malaria whilst sleeping are instead being used as fishing nets, damaging local ecosystems and the chemicals they're coated in are affecting drinking water supplies
xV8p5 TIL of Lisztomania, the obsessive fan hysteria surrounding the classical composer Franz Liszt. Admirers would fight over his locks of his hair, pull his carriage like horses, and carry glass vials of his old cigars and coffee dregs.
dv09 TIL scorpions are incredibly resilient. Scientists have frozen scorpions overnight, left them in the sun the following day, and when thawed, the arthropod walked away unscathed.