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TIL that getting a PhD from Harvard Business School is totally free.

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gM7ML TIL as a result of increased popularity of crack cocaine, the number of cocaine-related hospital emergencies in the USA increased 110% in 1986.
pYdw4 TIL that Soviet General Georgy Zhukov oversaw innovations on the Mongolian front, including replacing gasoline engines in tanks with diesel. These developments helped perfect the T-34 tank, considered the war's most outstanding all-purpose tank.
VBR1m TIL That Arnold Schwarzenegger hasn't been part of Planet Hollywood since 2000
DQKPe TIL that for 30 years, filmmaker Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle) knew the identity of "Deepthroat" (Mark Felt) from the Watergate scandal, as her husband was journalist Carl Bernstein. Ephron would tell everyone the truth, but nobody believed her, until Deepthroat was finally identified in 2005.
p8EpA TIL The black-and-white Navigation Cameras on Curiosity’s mast show that it had to manoeuvre its robotic arm to act as a selfie stick. The arm and turret along with it were moved to face the rover and had to be moved a lot to capture the 86 images.