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TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger is capable of speaking English without his accent, but chooses to speak with an accent as it's tied to his public image and for his fans

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QNX4a TIL: Some oil wells are drilled to a depth of 3 miles and the predictable total of U.S. oil production in 1944 was 1,601,2500,000 barrels.
MeRd8 TIL that Germany has launched a rocket with yeast on board into space. When the rocket returns the yeast will be used to make beer. Making it effectively space beer.
Ymb7 TIL that male victims of domestic violence who called the police for help were more likely to be arrested themselves, than have their female partner arrested [PDF]
NXAyJ TIL Leonardo da Vinci did detailed experiments to understand the nature of gravity long before Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton.
JY7XB TIL In 1386 a pig was accused of eating a child, a trial was held and the pig was given human clothes, the pig was determined guilty and sentenced to death by public hanging