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TIL that John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before signing the trade embargo in 1962.

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gMyK8 TIL that the Basque language is a "language isolate" - it seems to have no genetic relation to any other known language. It is thought to be the last surviving remnant of an ancient language family that existed in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages from the East.
XklX TIL In 1964, during their first American tour, The Beatles refused to play their scheduled concert in Jacksonville until the audience was desegregated.
rRb71 TIL: A rural Japanese town under siege by monkeys is defended by three elderly women armed with airguns who call themselves the "Monkey Busters".
0dGNv TIL about Fugu, a dish prepared from Pufferfish, which can be lethal to humans if toxic parts of the fish are not properly prepared. In Japan and Korea, by law, only chefs who pass a three-year training are permitted to prepare the dish. Domestic preparation occasionally leads to accidental death.
ExGp TIL That the birthplace of solar energy was in Olney, Illinois in 1902. Mysteriously, it’s the same year the white squirrels appeared there.