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TIL that when asked why his heroes defeated villains with the last bullet in their guns Gardner answered: “Every time I say ‘Bang’ in a story I get three cents. If you think I’m going to finish a battle while my hero still has fifteen cents worth of unexploded ammunition in his gun, you’re nuts”.

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XEoXR TIL that, according to the CIA, the average Soviet citizen (during the Cold War) was likely better fed than the average American
6EojQ TIL Adolf Hitler ordered his paintings to be ordered and Destroyed at the start of the Second World War. After the war many of the surviving paintings were confiscated by the US Army, and have not been seen by the public since.
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