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TIL That Arnold Schwarzenegger was the reason AMC made a civilian version of the Hummer and he bought the first one off the assembly line in 92’

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DQpJ TIL the movie Twister was rated PG-13 for ‘intense depiction of bad weather’
4XV7a TIL that the creator of the Carolina Reaper (the hottest pepper in the world) claims to have unreleased peppers that are more than twice as hot.
16nyr TIL about the death of Poltergeist actress Dominique Dunne. She was strangled into a coma by her ex-boyfriend and passed away 5 days later. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served just three and a half years in prison.
b6joN TIL VitaminD3 will solve almost 90% of physical and mental issues! more than just a "bone vitamin"—it’s a hormonal powerhouse that threatened the pharmaceutical and medical industries by serving the cure for various ailments.
0dAAA TIL telomerase is a naturally forming enzyme that helps maintain the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes, thus preventing cells from dying. When mice were genetically engineered to produce 10 times the normal levels of telomerase, they lived 50% longer than normal mice.