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TIL that during the Cold War the Soviet Union had many “closed cities” restricted for foreigners and tightly controlled for citizens and that even today Russia still keeps a great number of its closed cities in the former Soviet republics.

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9YMMr TIL Dolph Lundgren received a full scholarhip to study enginering at MIT but dropped out to become the bodyguard to Jamaican singer Grace Jones. They developed a romantic relationship and Jones convinced him to move with her to New York where he pursued an acting career.
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