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TIL that Earnest Hemingway was a spy for the US against Cuba from 1942 through 1944

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776p TIL that in 1978, Jefferson Starship had to cancel a German concert because Grace Slick was too drunk, causing the crowd to riot. They performed the next day, but she was so drunk that she groped female audience members and taunted the crowd for losing WWII. The following day, she quit the band.
yKEp TIL that a 61 year old truck driver without a college degree was able to reproduce the classified mechanical workings of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
9YQRD TIL that the board game Snakes and Ladders originated from an Indian game based on Karma and morality.
PYR7w TIL Freud’s dog, a Chow Chow named Jofi, would often sit in on his sessions as a calming effecting on his patients. She was also good at keeping time, only getting up when the session was over.
8eR7K TIL that Coretta Scott King graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and was a classically trained singer who gave Freedom Concerts to raise money for the Civil Rights Movement.