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TIL that when President Kennedy asked the Mexican ambassador to declare Cuba a threat to their security he replied that “40 million Mexicans will die laughing.”

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kOLD4 TIL Anton LaVey's writings (author of "The Satanic Bible") were influenced by Ayn Rand, Friedrich Nietzsche, H. L. Mencken, the members of the carnival with whom LaVey had supposedly worked in his youth, P. T. Barnum, Mark Twain, John Milton, and Lord Byron.
69P1w TIL that Promethium is an extremely rare metal, with only about 500–600 grams naturally occurring in the earth’s crust
D1MeV TIL future Martian settlements will likely be set up inside Mars' large lava tubes. These tubes are effectively caverns with roofs tens of meters thick and with stable ambient temperature. They would protect human settlers and human technology from the extreme conditions that exist on the surface.
epZgJ TIL the FCC forbids broadcasters from using fake EAS (Emergency Alert System) tones or alerts in TV shows, or commercials. The 2013 Trailer for Olympus has Fallen" resulted in cable companies getting a 1.9 million dollar fine for including a fake EAS tone.
5Y06p TIL anti-penis measures were the largest operating costs for the MMO Lego Universe.