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TIL HR Giger, who designed the Xenomorphs in Aliens, designed an unused batmobile for Batman Forever

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YppA TIL A Japanese girl was crushed to death by a gate that was slammed shut because she was tardy to class.
ekYJ TIL that when asked about his thoughts on Ben Affleck playing Batman, George Clooney responded by saying “I am the least qualified person to comment on anyone playing the role of Batman since I so terribly destroyed the part”
Vx8B TIL that the Devo album “Oh no! It’s Devo” was born out of critical reviews in which the band were alternately described as both “fascists” and “clowns”, leading the band to ask, “what would an album by fascist clowns sound like?”
LDQ0 TIL that roughly 46% of Americans believe God created humans in present form, sans evolution and this number has been mostly constant over the last 30 years.