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TIL Cuba's former president survived more than 600 assassination attempts.

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wolL8 TIL the Picturephone, the first two way video communication device, was debuted in 1964 by Bell Labs. The device was withdrawn from the market in the early 70s as a commercial failure.
5YBbn TIL the Beastie Boys were immensely sexist and homophobic in their early career. However, upon hearing criticism of this, they apologized for it multiple times(one of them through a song) since and, while not listed in article, have been activists for social causes and battling bigotry.
V588 TIL that the FBI might pay you 10,000$ if you rat out people who point laser pointers at planes.
wLgPJ TIL - Residents in Shitterton, a hamlet in England, clubbed together to replace the town sign with one carved in 1.5 ton of stone to stop people stealing it
OG6Z6 TIL A 72- to 66-million-year-old embryo found inside a fossilized dinosaur egg sheds new light on the link between the behavior of modern birds and dinosaurs, according to a new study| The most complete fossil suggests that these dinosaurs developed bird-like postures close to hatching.