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TIL Clint Eastwood has at least eight children with six women. Eastwood has refused to confirm how many offspring he has, and some sources say the number is considerably higher.

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5VLrr TIL an analysis found that 43 of the 69 emperors (62%) of the unified Roman Empire, from Augustus (d. 14 CE) to Theodosius (d. 395 CE), suffered a violent death. Either by assassination (the most common mode of death), suicide, or during combat with a foreign enemy of Rome.
wKL8 TIL- Bing Crosby’s last words were,“ That was a great game of golf, fellas.” Soon after he collapsed from a heart attack.
dNXr TIL that during the Cold War, the Soviet Union had two missiles pointed at an area they thought was the entrance to a secret bunker, since many high-ranked officials went there. It turns out that the area was a hot dog stand.
nexWd TIL of "Project Sandstorm", a sandstorm alarm in the works that uses Darude's Sandstorm as its alarm tone which increases in speed and volume depending on the severity of the storm
xOA0 TIL that Germany has one of the most progressive waste disposal systems in the world– in which nearly 70% of waste is recycled and most of the remainder is cleanly incinerated to generate power.