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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn’t allowed to voice himself in the German dub of “The Terminator” because the producers thought that his Austrian accent wasn’t tough enough for the Terminator. In fact he’s never dubbed himself in all of his movies since.

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kOxE TIL JFK’s “year-round tan” was caused by Addison’s disease.
KOmW4 TIL before the WWII Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese military forced Okinawan boys as young as 14 to fight against the US invasion. They weren't expected to win so the boys were given suicide missions. The only weapon most were given were 2 grenades - one for the US solders the other for themselves.
oBmvK The only sculpture on the Moon, this statuette and plaque were secretly left by the crew of Apollo 15 in 1971 as a memorial to those who “made the ultimate contribution” to the exploration of space.
neYdd TIL in 2006 50 Cent was sued by Luther Campbell's manager for plagiarizing the lines "It's your birthday" in the song "In da Club". However, the lawsuit was dismissed because the phrase was ruled a "common, unoriginal and noncopyrightable element of the song".
jYRE TIL Schoolhouse Rock! was created by an ad agency exec who noticed that his son had learned every Beatles lyric but could not remember multiplication tables.