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TIL Fidel Castro was imprisoned for a year in 1953 due to a failed coup before becoming Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959

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6kRQ TIL - 100% of Iceland’s population has the internet, the only country in the world.
l79X1 TIL the Abenaki word for "white man" awanoch is a combination of the words awani meaning "who" and uji meaning "from". Thus, the word for "white man" literally translates to "Who is this man and where does he come from?"
OG68g TIL that shortly after his death, the corpse of actor John Barrymore (1882-1942) was “borrowed” by director Raoul Walsh and was left propped on a chair for a drunken Errol Flynn to discover when he came home. In 2020, John’s granddaughter, Drew Barrymore, confirmed this story.
LkK89 TIL Celine Dion's vocal performance for "My Heart Will Go On" was recorded in only one take as a rough demo. She intended to re-record it but Titanic composer James Horner loved it and left the vocals untouched when he produced the final mix.
v1yPB TIL of patient S.M, a female with a rare genetic disease leading to an inability to experience fear in her life. Additionally she experiences little negative emotion and has no sense of personal space; experiencing no discomfort standing nose to nose with strangers whilst making direct eye contact.