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TIL that Fidel Castro had diplomatic relation with the Argentine Junta.

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LkB4v TIL Thomas Paine introduced the concept of a guaranteed minimum income in 1795. [Government must] create a national fund, out of which there shall be paid to every person, when arrived at the age of twenty-one years, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling.
b9G1N TIL that in 1951 Matt Ingram was convicted of “reckless eyeballing,” the improper looking at a white person, with sexual intent, in North Carolina. His accuser testified that he had scared her when he looked at her from a distance of about 75 feet. Ingram spent two and half years in prison.
O8L7 TIL Channel 4 carried out investigative journalism in several UK mosque and uncovered that most have regular lectures condoning violence, raping children and alienation. Islamic organization’s response was that it was racist for broadcasters to film them.
l5P7 TIL that besides his success as an actor, Jackie Chan is also a singer in Asia, singing in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, and Taiwanese
P177e TIL about 25% of all animal species are beetles.