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TIL that there is a myth in South Africa that raping a baby will cure AIDS

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X0jlR TIL the U.S. pays the Cuban government $4,085 annually in rent for the 45-square-mile naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. has leased Guantanamo Bay from Cuba for more than 50 years. Cuba has refused to cash the checks because it hasn’t recognized the legitimacy of the lease.
kJnEm TIL that Washington State University has a Taco Bell Distinguished Professorship. It’s apparently named in honor of the founder of Taco Bell who contributed significant financial resources to the University.
koLd TIL that “wildebeesties” is an acceptable plural form of “wildebeest”
kOEo5 Today I learned that the scene in Dragonheart where they are training in castle ruins is actually Čachtice Castle a.k.a. Home to Countess Elizabeth Bàthory - the most prolific female serial killer who is rumored to bathe in virgin blood to retain her youth.
QJbGd TIL about the final speech of Romanian dictator Nicolas Ceaușescu: Having forcefully assembled 100.000 workers under threat of being fired on one of Bucharests main squares in order to stage a supportive rally, the crowd soon turned against him, marking the beginning of the end of his dictatorship.