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

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gMpWL TIL the iconic "assembly line" music used in Looney Tunes and many other cartoons was originally released by the Raymond Scott Quintette in 1937. The drummer of the Quintette was Johnny Williams, father of composer John Williams.
m1Jkp TIL world largest pyramid is partly underground and is in Mexico, Cholula.
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