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TIL The US Government has spent about half a billion dollars broadcasting tv and radio into Cuba. The signal has always been blocked and 90% of Cubans have never even heard of the program. Congress continues to fund the program $27 million a year.

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XK6X TIL that during World War 2, the British captured Germans and put them in a bugged mansion where they served them wine and food and thus they were able to gather important intelligence from casual conversations between the ‘prisoners’ that helped them greatly win the war
Y7PaZ TIL that there are only 10 people in the world who have achieved the 'Explorer's Grand Slam' - reaching the North and South Pole and climbing the highest mountain on each continent.
wonQE TIL in 1987 father-and-son actors Martin and Charlie Sheen faced off against Michael Jordan in a three-part basketball contest, including a free throw competition, a game of horse and a two-on-one contest, with Jordan spotting the actors five points and being limited to one shot per possession.
gM0W TIL that a single story building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington Delaware is the legal home for over 200,000 businesses.
d85d8 TIL there's a special memorial with tiles in a London Park for ordinary people that died while saving people other peoples live. It's called 'Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice' . It has been erected in 1900. Last name added was in 2009.