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TIL Britain has the safest AC power plugs in the world
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TIL Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, once advised JFK on a way to overthrow Fidel Castro. Fleming reasoned Castro's trademark beard was his key to power. So he advised JFK to announce that beards attract radiation. Castro would then immediately shave off his off and soon fall from power.
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TIL Tom Cruise auditioned for Grease 2 (1982) but was turned down because of his height. Executives said "he's too short to make it in Hollywood"
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TIL that ABBA, one of the most successful bands of all time, found fame by winning an international song competition, "Eurovision", in 1974.
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TIL that Laurence Fishburne cut all ties with his daughter after she started doing hardcore porn.
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TIL there is a "Sumerian King List" that claims kingship started over 260 thousand years ago and lists individual rulers (not dynasties) that ruled for up to tens of thousand of years at a time.