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TIL Only two countries vote every year in the UN to oppose a resolution to lift the US economic embargo and other sanctions against Cuba: The USA and Israel.

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KOnJ9 TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow marketed jade eggs for women to insert into their vaginas, and got sued for false claims and misleading information
jNMra TIL that giant pandas were removed from the Endangered Species list
QDwp TIL in 2000, if Al Gore had been granted the recount he asked for, he still would have lost by several hundred votes. But if Florida had recounted every ballot in dispute, he may have won by as few as 60 votes.
pYG7Z TIL That Bobby Farrell the famous singer of the band that sang "Rasputin" died on the same day and the same town that Rasputin died in.
e0bmD TIL in 1896, 500,000 people gathered in Khodynka Field, Moscow, to receive free gifts, celebrating the crowning of Nicholas II. Rumors spread that there was not enough beer for everybody, and that the beer cups contained a gold coin. The crowd responded by creating a stampede, killing 1,389 people.