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TIL Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to donate boots to raise funds for an ill child’s surgery, instead he payed for the full cost of treatment

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8dDb TIL that the Bacardi family of Cuba personally donated thousands of dollars to Fidel Castro’s revolution. Once Castro was in power, he confiscated all of Bacardi’s assets and exiled them.
4yEb TIL Refried beans are only fried once
JYP1V TIL the Daily Mirror and Daily Mail vehemently supported Hitler and discouraged allowing Jews fleeing Europe into the UK.
W7gKA TIL Like many other places in the body, the mouth also has symbiotic bacteria which contribute to oral health. However if there is gum disease leading to the bacteria entering the bloodstream, that can cause heart disease. So Oral Health is linked to Heart Health.
pwRp TIL, finally, that the name Bastian screams for the Empress at the end of The Neverending Story film is “Moonchild”…