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TIL of author Mary Roberts Rinehart, who created a costumed super-criminal called “the Bat”, cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for Batman.

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xVLm0 TIL the original Illuminati sought to suppress religion's role in society. Opposing superstition, religious influence over public, abuses of state power. Outlawed by the Catholic Church, vilified by conservatives and religious critics caused many conspiracy theories you hear of them, even today.
MElK TIL Due to difficulties importing the necessary ingredients to make Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany, Coca-Cola company decided to make a new product with the available ingredients at that time, the product is called Fanta.
W6A8 TIL Punxsutawney Phil performs worse at predicting the weather by his shadow than he would by chance
pVV4 TIL in the 1950s, hundreds of babies were on loan from orphanages to various U.S. universities. There, students could practice the latest child-rearing theories of the day on a real newborn. After a year or two, the babies would leave their multiple mothers to find homes in adoptive families.
npQd TIL There is a one-hole “golf course” just meters south of the Korean DMZ which is surrounded on three sides by minefields. There are reports that at least one shot exploded a land mine