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TIL that 5-time F1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio couldn't race in the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, because he was kidnapped by Fidel Castro's henchmen to attract worldwide publicity to their cause. He was treated well and handed over to the Argentine embassy soon after the race

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