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TIL Many Rich people buy fine art to evade taxes
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TIL that during filming for Rocky IV, Stallone told Lundgren to hit him for real and got hit so hard it put him in the ICU for 4 days.
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TIL actor Peter Mayhew had a choice of playing Darth Vader or Chewbacca in Star Wars. He chose Chewbacca because he wanted to play a hero.
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TIL During the Cold War, the USSR thought the heavily trafficked building in the center courtyard of the Pentagon was a top-secret meeting room and pointed nukes at it. It was a hot dog stand.
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TIL the Dr who popularised the idea of “Alpha” and “Beta” members of wolf packs has spent the rest of his career trying to convince everyone he was wrong..
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TIL: The mistreatment of African diplomats forced the United States government to clamp down on racism. This would help push the Civil rights act to pass in July 1964.