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TIL that Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, was featured in a 1998 television advertisement for Pizza Hut.

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PYjvG TIL the Nazi Germany nuclear weapons program was split in several agencies, including the Reich Postal Ministry
0wx95 TIL that when Patton invaded Germany, Marlene Dietrich accompanied him. When asked why she would be at the front lines, she replied "out of decency". Billy Wilder noted she was at the front more often than Eisenhower.
nWoJo TIL In the US. up until 1996, nicotine patches and gum required a prescription from a doctor
ZKPp TIL the British used Pundits to explore Tibet in the 1800s. Disguised as religious pilgrims, these Indian men were trained to walk precisely 2,000 steps per mile, and mapped much of the area for the British while skirting the bans placed on westerners.
4XjZa TIL in 2011 Actor Steven Seagal drove a tank through a house in Arizona while looking for a cock-fighting ring, allegedly killing a puppy and 100 chickens. He said he did it because he was an animal lover.