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Z80bR TIL that the Chowchilla kidnappers -who locked 26 children and their bus driver in a buried moving van- never got to make their ransom demands, since the phone lines to the police were occupied by worried parents and the media calling in. The victims then dug themselves out and escaped.
16B57 TIL the 1995 James Bond film "GoldenEye" is the first film to be filmed at Leavesden Studios. The former aerodrome was chosen by the filmmakers as Pinewood (the usual Bond studio), was already being booked for other productions.
bJmN TIL Nearly all profits from Hitlers “Mein Kampf”, his image and his artwork go to charity. Bavaria owns the rights and sometimes has difficulty finding a charity to accept them, as they are widely considered “blood money”.
8YwK TIL in 2013 the US Government spent more on financial aid than it would cost to provide the education of public universities for free.
L9VV TIL When China was selecting female astronauts for its space mission the women were required to be married, to have given birth naturally and to neither have decayed teeth nor scars.