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TIL Cuba is 64.1% ethnically white.

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1a4XO TIL that autististic and schizophrenic people have elevated urine levels of bufotenin, an no reason for this is known. Bufotenin is the also found in the toxin of the Colorado River Toad, which is known for its psychedelic effects.
4oNw TIL in June 1939, just 3 months before Hitler would invade Poland (and England would declare war on Germany), USA had an army that was smaller than the army of Portugal
nYgo TIL of Leyla Mafi, a mentally disabled Iranian girl who was prostituted out by her mother and gave birth at 9, for which she was punished with public beatings and imprisonment
XE4xQ TIL John Cazale appeared in 5 films in his 5 year career, all of which were nominated for Best Picture.
o9NW TIL That when Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria saw revolutionaries marching on his palace, he asked “But are they allowed to do that?”