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TIL Fidel Castro, after 638 assassination attempts, mainly from the CIA, including exploding cigars and poisoned milkshakes, is still alive and kicking today at the age of 87

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Eg070 TIL That Pop Warner had once sewn elastic bands on his teams jerseys so that they could hide the ball inside of them during his team's games.
Zp4d4 TIL Kathy Schroeder, a survivor of the Waco tragedy, still identifies as a Branch Davidian, believes that she would still be at Mount Carmel if the siege hadn't happened, and is still convinced that David Koresh was "a prophet, the son of God, a manifestation of God."
Am9x TIL that Cephalopods (Octopus) have been known to climb out of their aquaria, maneuver a distance of the lab floor, enter another aquarium to feed on the crabs, and then return to their own aquarium.
JYRev TIL that President Truman's decision to relieve Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1951 may have been decisive in preventing the outbreak of a global nuclear conflict.
R88 TIL that Crocodiles, Alligators and Flounders have no finite life span, but continue to live forever unless affected by their environment.