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d8AaZ TIL that President John F. Kennedy secured for himself 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before enacting the Cuban trade embargo in 1962.
mxdpE TIL that Macaulay Culkin, the actor from home alone, legally changed his middle name to Macaulay Culkin after an internet poll was held. Making his name Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
X0oWD TIL that Matsuo Basho, considered the greatest haiku poet in history, visited the city of Matsushima and wrote the following haiku: "Matsushima ah! Ah-ah, Matsushima ah! Matsushima ah!"
Oo7o6 TIL the SS Richard Montgomery was an American Ship during WW2 that was carrying 7000 tons of munitions to Europe which sank and today holds thousands of tons of explosives and ammo near London.
EgBbV TIL in 1987, a man named Steve Rothstein, bought a pass from American Airlines for $250,000 that allowed him to travel unlimited in first class. Steve took over 10,000 flights, which cost the airline $21 million, and led to the cancellation of the pass in 2008.