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

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woVgJ TIL the Federal Bank's Jackson Hole Economic Symposium was first held in 1981 at Jackson Hole, WY, which is known for outdoor recreation. This area was chosen to convince then-Fed Chair Paul Volcker, an avid fly-fishman, to come speak.
lokZ7 TIL that there was a full movie theater with a bar, concessions, seats, and movie screen in an underground catacomb of Paris. (
0wj TIL The Rock knew about Bin Laden’s death before most people.
nedvb TIL that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at its greatest extent was the largest state in Europe in the 15th century
yNbJ TIL that there are two related phenomenon of déjà vu with names: jamais vu and presque vu. Jamais vu is, for instance, when a word is repeated so much that it doesn’t seem like a word anymore, and presque vu is when a word is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t think of it.