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TIL that “California here I come” is officially public domain.

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JYDE8 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
6ebX TIL that in France in Sept. 1944, Technician Robert D. Maxwell threw himself on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers. Though badly injured, he survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
rRG7x TIL people who are always running late tend to end up living a longer and healthier life according to Harvard researchers.
w4ZW TIL that the oldest alliance in the world is between the UK and Portugal, and is over 700 years old.
4XWwb TIL John Boyne wrote “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” in two days, and that the book has been condemned by many Jewish scholars for pushing historical inaccuracies, downplaying the horror of concentration camps, and presenting Nazis as sympathetic figures