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TIL Sub-Saharan Africans were the first people to smelt iron

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XEWN6 TIL that only 2 foreigners reached the rebel army's highest rank "comandante" during the Cuban revolution. One of them was Che Guevara. The other was a American soldier named William A. Morgan. He joined the revolution in 1957, claiming to seek revenge for a friend who was killed by Batista's regime
AD9Jx TIL That malaria has killed more than half of all humans since they were created.
9Y0xB TIL the actor that played Squiggy in Laverne and Shirley is a scout for the professional baseball team the Los Angeles Angels
groN9 TIL that Paris Hilton's Grandfather was so disgusted by her and her sister's antics that instead of leaving his $4.5 B fortune to his 24 heirs, he gave 97% of it to his family charity and instead of getting $181 M each, each heir only received $5.6M. Paris still has $300M from her antics though.
n6GY TIL Old Dirty Bastard of Wu Tang Clan assisted in lifting a car off a 4 year old girl after a traffic accident. He frequently visited the girl in hospital under a false name until he was spotted by the media.