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TIL Fidel Castro survived 638 assassination attempts ranging from fungal-infected scuba diving suits to exploding cigars.

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RLK1 TIL in 1998 Sean Penn was taken hostage in a police department holding cell and dragged outside by gunpoint only to learn the whole thing was an elaborate prank by Woody Harrelson
JYLpj TIL the title of the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" does not refer to a depth. It refers to the distance covered by the Nautilus in immersion during its voyage. 20k leagues is around 80 000 km. The correct translation of the title is "... under the seas" making the distinction clearer
WvOY TIL There are still people living in iron lungs
p7jp TIL there is a breed of Indonesian fowl (chicken) that buries its eggs. The chicks must dig themselves out after hatching.
oRlr7 TIL of Deborah Sampson. She was a woman from Massachusetts who disguised herself as a man and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After her sex was revealed in 1783 she was honorably discharged at West Point.