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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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ANGjd TIL that the Battle of Messines involved the detonation of 19 massive underground mines, causing 10,000 deaths instantly. This explosion is believed to be one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions in history
d8bE TIL the quietest room in the world registers -9 decibels (yes, negative decibels)
wLQRM TIL In the 1880’s, the Old Faithful geyser would be used to launder clothes. Dirty clothes would be placed in the crater and after an eruption, they were “ ejected thoroughly washed”
oRoWo TIL that at one point, there was so much human waste in the streets of medieval Paris, they had more than one street named using the French word for 'shit'.
ADQKn TIL of Baji Rout, a 12 year old boatman shot dead by British Police in 1938, when he refused to ferry them across a river to quell a protest. He is regarded as youngest martyr of India's freedom struggle.