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TIL that Clint Eastwood composed the scores to a number of his films, and was nominated for a Grammy in 2006 for Best Score Soundtrack Album for Million Dollar Baby.

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OG0Da TIL a jet on autopilot continued flying for over 4 hours after all on board had died due to rapid depressurization. It was carrying 11 time PGA winner Payne Stewart. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down the plane if it entered Canadian airspace.
oZm7 TIL Hitler’s nephew wrote an article called “Why I Hate My Uncle.” He came to the U.S. and served in the navy
9YdbD TIL after the police chief in a small New Mexico city stepped down, the only certified member of the police department was a drug sniffing dog named Nikka
ADY9B TIL That the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes, Richard Lancelyn Green, was found dead in his flat in 2004 in very mysterious circumstances. Green at the time of death was attempting to stop a Christies auction of Holmes artefacts from taking place and ending up in collectors hands.
4XJxJ TIL that the worldwide production of the Volkswagen Beetle ended on 2003, 65 years after its original launch.