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TIL an heir to a $300 million fortune was found homeless and frozen to death under a bridge before he could be given his share

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WkRE4 TIL the role as the Bond villain Max Zorin, a psychotic KGB deserter conspiring to destroy Silicon valley, was first offered to David Bowie, who declined as he didn't want to spend five months seeing his stunt doubles "fall off cliffs". The role went to Christopher Walken instead.
GY0rJ TIL it is illegal to fly faster than the speed of sound over the United States.
wL58o TIL Osama bin Laden left a will that he had written shortly after 9/11 in which he urged his children not to join al-Qaeda and not to continue the Jihad.
vPaJ4 TIL: If you have IQ of 69,it indicates intellectual disability
O16a TIL New Mercedes-Benz cars will play a short blast of white/pink noise just before an unavoidable crash, forcing the occupant’s ears to turn off for a moment, preventing the hearing loss normally caused by the crash itself or airbags.