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TIL Government vehicles in Cuba are legally required to pick up any hitchhikers.

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jm4E TIL Metallica’s lawyer once sent a cease and desist letter to a Metallica cover band. Metallica later said they had no idea the letter had been sent and offered an apology and told Rolling Stone that they had started out as a cover band, adding “Heck, we even recorded a two-disc album of covers!”
GYrK4 TIL that in a survey of the most intimate brand, Generation Z ranked Xbox, Spotify, and Sephora as their top 3; while Millennials ranked PlayStation, Amazon, and Target as their top 3 (divided by gender, men ranked PlayStation, Xbox, and YouTube; and women ranked Walmart, Target, and Disney)
MegMB TIL that Magellan did not actually complete his circumnavigation of the globe. He died in the Philippines and the voyage was completed by Juan Sebastian Elcano
0YY1 TIL that Elon Musk believes that the United States is “[inarguably] the greatest country that has ever existed on Earth”, describing it as “the greatest force for good of any country that’s ever been” and believes outright that there “would not be democracy in the world if not for the United States”
pdNO TIL Madison Square Garden only has 9 more years left on its lease until it is being forced to close and relocate so NYC can rebuild Penn Station.