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TIL in 1960, Fidel Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba. The US sent CIA trained Cuban exiles to overthrow him, but failed due to missed military strikes. Castro captured the exiles, but ultimately freed them in exchange for medical supplies and baby food worth $53M.

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X9M6 TIL of a mysterious character on The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68) named “Mr. Schwamp” who would occasionally appear, often sitting on a park bench. The other characters would acknowledge him with “Hello Mr. Schwamp” but he would only nod silently. The actor who played him has yet to be identified.
4k6lJ Today I learned that the light from white LED streetlights is turning purple in many places.
rYE1 TIL actor Oliver Reed died of a heart attack during the filming of Gladiator after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan’s Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey and Hennessy cognac, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling
OoyXY TIL Muammar Qaddafi had a crush on Condoleezza Rice. Sometimes referring to her as his ‘African princess’, he had a Libyan composer write a song called ‘Black Flower in the White House,’ and had a homemade scrapbook filled with photos of the former U.S. secretary of state.
DoJj TIL that movies distributed for cinemas are not discs or film, but rather HDDs