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TIL Nelson Mandela was good friends with Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi, and was once listed on the U.S. trerrorist watch list. He was also a fan of the Spice Girls.

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WJQd TIL In 1961, the president of Brazil banned women from wearing bikinis. In Brazil. He was ousted after 7 months.
ANoao TIL Mayans used a base 20 counting system and it is believed they did so because they counted both fingers AND toes.
po9N TIL students from TU Delft developed an Ambulance Drone equipped with medical supplies, camera and a speaker. The operator will then instruct the user through the speaker to use the equipment and save the person’s life, this supposedly would increase survival rates from 8% to 80%.
eY6L TIL despite being divisible by 4, the year 2100 won’t be a leap year, this happens every century if the year is not divisible by 400
JY9vB TIL the Queen of England is not the Queen of Canada or any other independent commonwealth nation. Although the position is held by the same person (Queen Elizabeth II), each country's monarchy is separate and legally distinct.