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

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YpN5P TIL Babe Ruth was the guest of honor at a Harlem fundraiser for the benefit of a local African-American church. Other white celebrities had similarly committed to attend, but only Babe kept his word. He contributed some autographed balls along with twenty bucks out of his pocket
xNMw TIL That while Mandarin Has Twice as Many Native Speakers as English, English Has Twice as Many Total Speakers.
YpZ7r [TIL] that Isaac Wright (Bran on GOT) had to leave university after only 8 weeks because of all the attention he got. People had his flat address and his email address. He was even assigned a campus police officer at one point. When his then girlfriend came to visit they hid in his room for a week.
BreYd TIL that Evolution of grass led to the evolution of humans
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