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TIL Reagan and Gorbachev Agreed to Pause the Cold War in Case of an Alien Invasion

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dJG7 TIL that it takes over two minutes to pour a pint of Guinness, if you follow the recommendations from the brewery.
jN8Yp TIL USA had thousands of horse mounted "mechanized" cavalry in World War II and horses were eventually replaced by Jeeps.
VMZnQ TIL The flight from Moscow to Anadyr is the longest scheduled domestic flight within a country - 9 hours 45 minutes. In order to enter the Chukotka region, travellers will be required to have a special permission entry form and it takes about 60 working days to process all the necessary paperwork
x6B50 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
9Y5B7 TIL about Navy Seaman Charles Jackson French who, after his ship the USS Gregory was sunk in WWII, swam for 6-8 hours towing a raft of 15 survivors through shark-infested waters. He later received the Navy Cross.