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TIL that Stallone spent nine days in hospital after Lundgren hit him for real while filming Rocky IV

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ep7G4 TIL Britain's first reality TV star was an old woman who repeatedly tried to get a driving license after surviving womb cancer, and eventually got it after seven tries in the series finale
YpnGA TIL that in the '70s, North Korea ordered 1,000 Volvos from Sweden. To this day, the cars have not been paid for. Sweden still sends an invoice to Pyongyang, but North Korea has never upheld its end of the agreement.
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