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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger reduced the sentence of a convicted murderer because he was the son of a friend.

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Wk9N4 TIL that during WW2, Bicycle (card company) smuggled escape maps in their card decks to help allied POWS escape from German POW camps. To reveal the map, a card was soaked in water as to separate the two paper layers that make up the cards. The map was on the insides of the card.
LQxXr TIL that Mariah Carey bought Marilyn Monroe's childhood piano for $662500 in 1999. When Marilyn's mother was institutionalized, Marilyn was sent to an orphanage and the piano was sold. It would take years of searching for Marilyn to find the piano and buy it back. Mariah wants it to go to a museum.
7VNZ TIL that Spielberg returned to college in 2002 to finish his film degree. When the assignment was to submit a sample of filmmaking proficiency, he submitted Schindler’s List
8ev4K TIL The four of the five largest U.S. lake islands are on the Great Lakes. The other of the top five largest is antelope island on the Great Salt Lake. The sixth is largest lake island is the Grande Isle on Lake Champlain.
nem4r TIL of a section of passenger railroad in Alaska call the Hurricane Turn. Rather than making scheduled station stops, it operates as a flag-stop meaning passengers in this remote area can simply wave the train down to stop. It's one of the last true flag-stop trains in the U.S.