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TIL that two DJs prank called Fidel Castro and got Castro to call them faggots

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JY8o1 TIL that Photorhabdus luminescens, a bioluminescent bacterium, reportedly infected the wounds of some American Civil War soldiers. This both caused the wounds to glow and helped the soldiers to survive due to antibiotics made by the bacterium. This phenomenon was named "Angel's Glow".
awYAo TIL of Sun Mingming, the tallest basketball player in the world at 7 feet, 9 inches. He along with his wife Xu Yan, is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's tallest living couple, with a combined height of 13 feet, 10.72 inches.
gMX1A TIL on Christmas, 1992, George H. W. Bush pardoned 6 Reagan administration officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandal
m1jDp TIL that before running the length of Africa, Russ Cook was the first person to run from Asia to London as well holding the record for the fastest marathon completed whilst pulling a car.
1a8M7 TIL of the Aversion Project in South Africa. Dr. Aubrey Levin treated nearly 1000 patients who were submitted to chemical castrations and electric shock treatment, meant to "cure" them of their homosexual “condition.”