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TIL There were more than 600 assassination attempts against Fidel Castro

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XEpnQ TIL a 71 year old man from Palm Beach, Florida tied a gun to a weather balloon, inflated it, then shot himself to death... successfully faking his own murder
JYevQ TIL That in in 1875, a factory worker was killed after accidentally swallowing a live mouse. It's the only publicly documented case of a mouse killing a human from something other than infection/disease.
9wKlD TIL Big Cats coexist with humans in only two major metropolitan regions in the world - Mumbai and Los Angeles
Yp9gx TIL Fleetwood Mac's album Tusk broke the record for the most expensive album production, costing over $1 million ($3.5+ million in today's money) to record.
e086b TIL that in the 1938 World Cup, Brazil were so sure of winning the semi-final against Italy that they requisitioned the only plane to Paris on the day after the match. After losing to Italy, they refused to sell them the tickets, and the Italian team had to travel from Marseilles to Paris by train