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TIL Fidel Castro has personally apologized for the treatment of gays in Cuba.

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a8xJy TIL that in King Kong vs Godzilla (1962), For the attack of the giant octopus, four live octopuses were used. Three of them were released after filming the scene, the 4th became the special effects directors dinner that night.
EyQd TIL Rob Riggle, (SNL, The Daily Show, The Hangover, 21 Jump Street, etc…) is a retired US Marine Lt. Colonel, serving his country for 23 years, deploying to Kosovo, Liberia and Afghanistan.
0wobL TIL raccoons wash their food yo soften it because they don’t have saliva glands.
bRma TIL DNA testing showed that one in three fish sold at restaurants and grocery stores is mislabeled as the wrong species.
KOB49 TIL that the Walther PPK, the firearm famously used by James Bond, was the same used by Adolf Hitler to commit suicide