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TIL that Americans used the Hitler Salute before Hitler
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TIL that when pop group The Association released their single "Cherish" in 1966, it was 3:15, when at the time radio stations wouldn't play songs over three minutes. The producer listed it as 3:00 anyway, and it went on to become a #1 hit
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TIL That scientists have theories about what happened BEFORE the Big Bang, and one of them involves time travel in an infinite, looping universe.
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TIL during the South Pacific WWII campaign, the Japanese constructed a heavily fortified stronghold with 110,000 troops at Rabaul near Papua New Guinea. The Allies chose to isolate Rabaul and press on, leaving the Japanese stranded and all its fortifications wasted.
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TIL nobody wanted to cast Arnold Schwarzenegger in a comedy. So he, along with Danny Devito & director Ivan Reitman, worked out a deal for Twins (1988) where they took no money upfront & got 40% of the backend collectively instead. He ended up earning over $40m, the most he ever made from a movie.
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TIL of the Empress of Ireland. "Although the ship was equipped with watertight compartments and, in the aftermath of the Titanic disaster two years earlier, carried more than enough lifeboats for all onboard, she foundered in only fourteen minutes. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died".