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TIL Cuban leader Fidel Castro invented the basketball move, the Euro Step.

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NXprb Today I Learned that Hitler forced the French to surrender in WW2 in the same carriage the Germans Surrendered in, in WW1.
E1KlW TIL the Indian pitta (Pitta brachyura) gets its name from Telegu meaning "small bird" and it is called Arumani kuruvi or 6 o'clock bird in Tamil. It has a distinctive two note whistling call which is heard around 6AM and around 6PM. During migrations, the bird occasionally flies into people's homes.
6EG48 TIL After a stable boy misspelled the name of a thoroughbred Potatoes, the horse was named Potoooooooo, or Pot-8-Os. In 27 years Potoooooooo won 30 races and sired 5 winners.
DQEnv TIL that pendrives found on the street may not only have malwares (software threats) but could also be disguised USB killers (hardware threats).
rYVM TIL that at one time Chris Tucker was the Highest payed actor in Hollywood