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TIL that James Cameron's "True Lies" was the first movie to have a $100 million budget

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J1ww4 TIL that the current world speed record for a commercial train on steel wheels is held by the French TGV at 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph), achieved on 3 April 2007.
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