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TIL that for staring in the 1988 comedy film Twins, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito both agreed to take 20% of the film’s box office take instead of their usual salaries. This resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their movie careers.

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X0GlQ TIL In 1996, a 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure, injured & surrounded by 7 gorillas. Binti Jua, a female gorilla with her baby on her back, cradled the boy & safely handed him to zookeepers. Her maternal instincts made headlines worldwide.
kJPb4 TIL that the first touch screen in a car was in a 1986 Buick Riviera. The display offered automatic climate control, AM/FM radio with optional graphic equalizer, trip calculations, gauges and even the vehicles diagnostic info. This included status on the powertrain, brake wear and electrical system.
GAyV4 TIL that there are 3 territories today claimed to be Terra nullius (’No man’s land’): Bir Tawil (a strip of land between Egypt and Sudan), four pockets of land near the Danube due to the Croatia–Serbia border dispute, and parts of Antarctica.
D1wvg TIL that British politician John Stonehouse faked his death in November 1974, leaving a pile of clothes on a beach in Miami. It was presumed he had gone swimming and drowned. But Stonehouse was actually en route to Australia to set up a new life with his mistress and secretary, Sheila Buckley.
WwQo TIL wealthy foreigners can gain US citizenship by investing $500,000 in a company that creates a minimum of 10 jobs.