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TIL The James Bond film, 'Moonraker' was produced and released prior to 'For Your Eyes Only' due to the success of 'Star Wars'. The end credits for 'The Spy Who Loved Me' stated, "James Bond Will Return in 'For Your Eyes Only'" but he actually came back in Moonraker.

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4XdRR Today I learned that Door Dash food delivery company, does not actually give it's drivers the tip you pay plus regular pay, instead they use it to meet the minimum pay guarantee. UNLESS TIPPED CASH. If tipped cash, the driver gets the entire tip, plus pay guarantee .
wLYPo TIL if all arteries, veins, and capillaries of the a person's circulatory system were laid end to end, not only would that person be dead, but their blood vessels could stretch around the Earth nearly two and a half times (60,000 miles/100,000 km).
Qw09 TIL that in England during the First World War German Shepherd dogs were renamed ‘Alsatians’ owing to anti-German sentiment. It’s only relatively recently that the correct term 'German Shepherd’ has come back into common usage.
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VMZkD TIL that the Geneva Freeport, a warehouse complex in Geneva, houses approximately 1.2 million works of art with an estimated value of $100 billion, as well as gold bars and about 3 million bottles of wine. A small room that can hold multiple objects costs anywhere from $5,000 to $12,000 per month