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TIL that the US embargo against Cuba (53 years so far) has been condemned by the majority of the United Nations 19 times since 1992 and is considered ILLEGAL by all nations but Israel, the Republic of Palau and the US itself

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P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.
9YBOX TIL that the boson, which is often referred to in the U.S. popular media's the "god-particle" is named after Satyenda Nath Bose, who was not only a contemporary of Einstein, but was also his collaborator in developing Bose-Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose-Einstein condensate.
PYbLL TIL when Sylvester Stallone went to the person he sold his dog to, after he got paid for Rocky (1975), the new owner asked for $3000 instead of the original price of $60. After Stallone declined, the new owner agreed to give the dog if he got a role in Rocky. Stallone obliged and gave him a role.
ANkXx TIL there's a permanent scale model solar system in Sweden, with a huge globe arena as the sun.
kJdvW TIL Richard Marx wrote song 'Right Here Waiting' for Barbra Steisand but she wouldn't sing that she would be 'right here waiting' for anyone so he recorded it himself, scoring a number 1 hit