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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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nelP TIL that Apocalypse Now has the most “mistakes” of any movie, with a total of 395 visible errors.
JYdyj TIL a study reviewing 87 past research papers which suggested that drinking alcohol moderately has health benefits found that literally all of them were biased and/or poorly designed and/or pointing to positive effects that were unlikely in reality.
d8vn7 TIL that the origins of the word “bozo” are completely unknown.
8rr4 TIL that since 1945, the USA has attempted to overthrow more than 50 foreign governments, most of which had been democratically-elected
NVrb TIL that in 1961 a B52 broke apart over Goldsboro, NC while carrying two fully armed 3.8 megaton thermonuclear bombs. One fell to Earth, breaking apart. The other went through 5 of 6 steps needed for detonation including deploying its parachute and charging its detonation capacitors.