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TIL that Kryptonite was invented because Superman’s original voice actor wanted time off, and the only way to do this was to make Superman sick.

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4XMXN TIL 1816 was “The Year Without A Summer.” The dust from a massive volcanic eruption reduced sunlight for months, dropping temperatures and killing crops in North America & Europe. This indirectly led to the development of Mormonism, Frankenstein, and the modern bicycle.
b9x5p TIL in Victorian times, the cheapest form of accommodation available was a “penny hang”. You could literally pay a penny to sleep over a ROPE. This was commonly used by drunk sailors who had spent all of their money and is the origin of the term “hangover“.
8e7eX TIL dakimakura, body length pillows in Japan, can now talk to you
NJ1M TIL in the original 1900 novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, the Emerald City isn’t actually green; the Wizard requires everyone inside to wear green tinted glasses to make them think it is
eyO6 TIL when the United States was fighting in World War 2, they asked Mexicans to cross the border to work agricultural jobs.