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TIL about “Franco’s hajj”. A program instituted by the fascist dictator of Spain General Francisco Franco to sponsor Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in a bid to court the Islamic World. The program lasted for several decades.

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4X85X TIL Megan Fox auditioned for Michael Bay for her role in Transformers by washing his Ferrari in her bikini.
epkNg TIL that the Hoover Dam is still curing. Engineers at the time estimated that it would take around 100 years for the concrete to completely cure.
VBdGm TIL that an edited picture of King Yoda next to King Faisal in a historic photo slipped past the Saudi ministry of Education into an official social studies textbook.
D1VEP TIL freedivers on average hold their breath for 10min! BUT the Longest breath held was 24min 3 sec by Aleix Segura in 2016.
6EVEw TIL the shortest passenger flight in the world takes about 90 seconds from take off to landing and links two islands in northern Scotland