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

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b6XQp TIL In 2021 a new species of fish was identified that has the smallest adult brain size of all known vertebrates. It's also the loudest of all known fish relative to its size.
e06Yn TIL an object known as the Utsuro-bune, meaning "hollow boat" in Japanese, containing a young woman who did not speak Japanese washed up on the shore of Japan in 1803. The woman had red hair, wore clothes of strange fabrics, and held a box she did not allow anyone else to touch.
vPGKD TIL that persistent anal fissures can technically disqualify you from military service
EKAx TIL Samuel Jackson is the actor with the highest grossing film total of all time.
9YNOm TIL Despite owning the patent, Volvo made the three-point seat belt design free for other manufacturers to use in order to increase its adoption and save lives