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TIL that after T2: Judgement day, Arnold rejected every offer from the studio to do the third Terminator movie because James Cameron wasn't involved. James Cameron eventually told his friend to do it by saying "take the money and run" and Arnold got a huge paycheck.

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Z8xwD TIL archeologists discovered a hidden message on a 2,600 year old piece of pottery. The message was written in ancient Hebrew and it says "If there is any wine, send it."
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grmyW TIL that the hard disk of the infamous terrorist Osama Bin Laden contained many video games including Half Life, Dragonball Z, Nintendo emulator games, and animated movies including Cars and Ice Age