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TIL The Dark Knight trilogy director Christopher Nolan based his characterization of Bruce Wayne on Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. To Nolan, both characters overcame great personal loss and a traumatic childhood by reinventing themselves and personally taking on crime.
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TIL about the Bloop, an ultra-low-frequency, high amplitude underwater sound detected in 1997. NOAA’s Christopher Fox’s hunch was that the sound is likely to come from some sort of animal, because its signature is a rapid variation in frequency similar to sounds known to be made by marine beasts.
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TIL that director Christopher Nolan’s brother Matthew was alleged to be a contract killer who kidnapped and tortured an accountant to death in Costa Rica. While being held in a secure prison tower in Chicago, Matthew concocted an elaborate escape attempt using a razor, a harness, and a 31-foot rope.
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TIL that Christopher Columbus’s return was almost covered up. After rediscovering the Americas he first ended up in Lisbon. He was apparently so condescending to the Portuguese – who had NOT supported his trip – that the King’s advisers recommended discreetly killing him & so bury the news.
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