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TIL Cuban cigar factories hire "lectores" who read stories to the cigar-makers. [Video, 2:15]

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epp04 TIL of the post WWII "Return of the Dead" program, in which the bodies of 171,000 fallen US servicemen were returned to the United States, and another 110,000 were reburied in 14 new military cemeteries overseas, according to family wishes. The program cost $164 million, about $1.8 billion today.
8ag1K TIL in 2005 the president of Georgia fired the country's entire traffic police force of around 30,000 officers due to widespread corruption.
neG9P TIL: The first synagogue built in America was built by philanthropist and slave trader, Aaron Lopez.
9wM97 TIL that some cultures didn't practice kissing at all before contact with the West, and only half of the world today kisses romantically
EgQyX TIL the USA produces Humanitarian Daily Rations designed to "provide the widest possible acceptance from the variety of potential consumers with diverse religious and dietary restrictions from around the world" and includes fruit paste suitable for infants.