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TIL that famed playwright Miguel Pinero whose play Short Eyes received six Tony nominations played the drug lord Calderon on Miami Vice

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neW8B TIL Rome and Carthage signed a peace treaty to officially end the 3rd Punic war. In 1985
6Eo5J TIL that American cyclist Greg LeMond was accidentally shot with 60 shotgun pellets during a hunt, losing him 65% of his blood volume. Two years later, with 35 pellets still in his body, he won the 1989 Tour de France, becoming the first (and only) American to win the tournament twice.
nW5L7 TIL, The Netherlands gives Canada 20,000 tulips every year as a thank you for protecting the Dutch royal family in ww2
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