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TIL There is a deleted scene that explains why the Terminator has an Austrian accent.

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b7Q7 TIL Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short story in only six words. It was so good, it was said to made people cry: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
yeAp TIL Crows can recognize individual human faces, and will warn/teach other crows of specific individuals they find threatning.
ANGb7 TIL that some early Chinese munitions consisted of black powder in a bamboo tube along with a live rat. When fired toward the enemy, the flaming rats created great psychological ramifications—scaring enemy soldiers away and causing cavalry units to go wild
KlL6 TIL the man who invented Life Savers (candy) had a son who committed suicide by jumping off a ship.
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