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TIL when Schwarzenegger was governor of California, he never lived in Sacramento. Instead he commuted 3 hours everyday… by private jet.

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rRbko TIL In 1970 Eckhard and Christel Wehage frustrated with life in East Germany attempted to hijack a plane shortly after take-off to take them to West Germany. When they realised their escape plan had failed, they returned to their seats and shot themselves.
wLXEY TIL that after writer James Baldwin died in 1987, McGraw-Hill took the unprecedented step of suing his estate to recover the $200,000 advance they had paid him for a book.
OGgr1 TIL that eight years after JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy avoided the public unveiling of their White House portraits, but the Nixons graciously agreed to a secret, private tour for her and her kids. It was her only return visit.
Xy6R TIL that in Argentina, orangutans are granted human-like rights
VoZG TIL A researcher at Cornell University has created a robot that “evolves”. Through a clever algorithm, it spends its days creating better versions of itself