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TIL 1Gbps internet in Romania costs €8($9.84) per month
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TIL a US Army Lieutenant in WW2 sacrificed his life by calling an artillery strike – on himself. Knowing an incoming German advance was a huge threat, he volunteered to remain behind, directing the fire until the enemy reached him. His body was found next to approx. 100 dead German troops.
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TIL The first picture of Earth from space was taken by a WW2 era V-2 rocket built by the USA, after capturing German scientists who had worked on the 'Vengeance Weapon'. It was built with both captured Nazi Germany components and remanufactured parts.
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TIL that to lessen the immediate financial burden of Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s production costs, Carolco Pictures paid most of Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary with a financed $12.75 million Gulfstream III jet.
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TIL the Saint Louis Arch is as wide as it is tall (630 feet x 630 feet)
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TIL that Pompeii Bodies are POP casts around the skeleton and Not the Actual Mummified Bodies preserved as it is due to eruption