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TIL Less well-known to foreigners, Camilo Cienfuegos is revered in Cuba as a hero of the Revolution, with monuments, memorials, and an annual celebration in his honour, where school children throughout Cuba throw flowers into the sea. He went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1959.

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gebD TIL Warren Buffett met his mistress Astrid Menks, while she was a waitress at a nightclub his wife was a singer at. The women ‘shared’ Buffett from the 1970’s until his wife died in 2004. The three would send out Christmas cards signed “Warren, Susie and Astrid.” In 2006 Buffett married his mistress
oRMZr TIL of Sumanto, a cannibal who dug up corpses of recently dead people then ate them as part of a black magic ritual to make himself "invulnerable".
mxnRp TIL: all raindrops have a speck of dirt inside them. Raindrops can only form when they have something to condense on to, thus the need for a particle of dirt.
nemnY TIL Jason Mewes (of Jay and Silent Bob fame) has been clean of heroin since June 28, 2010, after being convinced to start a podcast with long time collaborator and friend, Kevin Smith. Called "Jay and Silent Bob Gets Old", Jason speaks about his history of substance abuse, among other topics.
epxLn TIL the longest domestic flight ever was Air Tahiti Nui's flight TN64, flying non-stop from Tahiti to Paris, a distance of 15,715 km (9,765 miles)