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TIL that Castro traveled to the US just a few months after the 1959 Revolution, visiting Houston, Washington DC, and New York.

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lky7 TIL Millions of rickrolls has only earned Rick Astley $12
k4R4 TIL the United States has more aircraft carriers in service than the rest of the world combined.
VMrKD TIL Snapple tried to break the world record for the biggest Popsicle only to fail and flood Union Square in downtown Manhattan with kiwi-strawberry-flavored fluid that sent pedestrians scurrying for higher ground.
b6rGQ TIL in 1818, an Englishman accused of murder demanded a trial by combat. Surprisingly, the law that allowed for trial by combat was still valid, and the man was acquitted when his accuser declined the offer of battle. Trial by combat was abolished the following year.
7rZoP TIL of the “metabo law” which requires all Japanese citizens over the age 40 to have their waist measurements taken once a year. Anyone deemed to be overweight is given three months to shape up.