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TIL that Arnold Schwarzenegger's father was a Nazi

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78o9b TIL Roger Ebert co-wrote an x-rated sexploitation comedy
1aNG4 TIL Persian King Cambyses won the battle of Pelusium against Egypt by using their reverence of animals against them - his front line was dogs, sheep, cats, ibises & whatever other animals the Egyptians hold dear, & the Persian soldiers had the image of Bastet (cat goddess) painted on their shields.
mxb0Y TIL when reruns of The Office(US) season 3 episodes 12 (Traveling Salesmen) and 13 (The Return) aired in 2007 they were combined into a single episode NBC called a "newpeat." It was re-edited to add new scenes (from web content) but some scenes were cut.
795M TIL that in 2013, Bill Gates admitted that the Ctrl+Alt+Delete command was a mistake, and should have been a single button
kDed TIL in 1986 a Soviet sub sank under odd conditions, when they revisited the wreck the missile hatches were forced open, and 2 warheads were reported missing.