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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger turned down his estimated $207,500 yearly salary stating it was “petty cash”. Instead, he “gave it back to the community” and didn’t collect a salary the entire time he served.

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xVjEo TIL The introduction of iodine in table salt by the Morton Salt Company raised average IQ in the U.S. by 3.5 points
nWx9b TIL there are almost twice as many women as men attending college in the U.S.
ygPM TIL Queen Elizabeth does not hold a passport. Since all British passports are issued in the queen’s name, she herself doesn’t need one. She just has to say that she is the queen.
WkX0L TIL Napoleon Bonaparte was actually 5’7 but British Propaganda shrunk him a few inches and labelled him as 5’2 which is still believed till this day.