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TIL That, in 1979, two East German Families wanted to escape East Germany, and to do that, they made a hot air balloon, got on a hill, and with that balloon they got 2,500 meters into the air, and managed to cross the Iron Curtain into West Germany with a Hot Air Balloon, flying past border defenses

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J1M6j TIL that Warwick Davis currently holds the record for the highest average gross revenue for any movie he has had a part in with an average of $623,573,404 over 24 films.
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