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TIL that JFK ordered 1200 Cuban cigars just a day before declaring the Cuban trade embargo.

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Eg8vd TIL that understanding DNA methylation patterns unlocks secrets about how mammals age. These changes are like a fingerprint, revealing links between epigenetics and life spans, shedding light on the mysteries of aging and biological processes.
Bg74K TIL more than 34 million people in the US are food insecure
Y9GP TIL there are more than 1 million Catholics in Saudi Arabia
xVkrw TIL Halle Berry used to go on AOL chatrooms anonymously to have normal conversations. Whenever she revealed her true identity, no one believed her.
7EwL TIL that in 1946 the United States offered to give up its atomic bomb stockpile and transfer all fissionable material to a United Nations body, to which a Soviet representative said that USSR does not want equality. The Soviet Union wants complete freedom to pursue its own aims as it sees fit".