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TIL the United States rents Guantanamo Bay from Cuba for $4085 a month, but Cuba has only cashed one check in the past 55 years –– by accident.

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YpGex TIL that a barred owl, shot in New England, was found to have a long-eared owl inside its stomach which in turn had an eastern screech-owl in its own stomach.
LQOBp TIL in an effort to protect her son and daughter from falling under the sinister charms of Charles Manson, Angela Lansbury relocated her family from LA to Ireland. Describing Ireland as “free from bad influences”, she then refused work to better support their recovery from heroin addiction.
wL5rM TIL Great white sharks DO NOT mistake human divers for pinnipeds (seals and sea lions). Attacks on people occur because they are sharp sighted, curious animals, prone to taking "taste tests" of unfamiliar objects that catch their eye.
R7l17 TIL of the RMS Olympic, while transporting troops from US to France, encountered an U-Boat, which the captain decided to ram into, cutting it clean in two, making it the only merchant vessel in WWI to sink an enemy warship.
R5Rja TIL about Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American film star. Her career began in silent movies era and continued to her death. One of the first to adopt the flapper style of the 20s, she was voted “world’s best dressed woman” in 1934. She will be featured in the American Women quarter series.