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TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it

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xN40 TIL: When Hunter S. Thompson died, his ashes were fired out of a cannon by Johnny Depp to the tune of “Mr. Tambourine Man” by Bob Dylan
pYmlG TIL that during the making of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson, sound engineer Bruce Swedien set up tape recorders around his Great Dane in a barn overnight to record the howls used as sound effects in the song. When the dog didn't howl, it was decided that Jackson would record the howls himself.
NP18 TIL Every year tourists throw approximately 1.1 million Euro into the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
dklZ TIL a polar bear is going “insane” in an Argentinian zoo and is not scheduled for relocation, even after another polar bear has died months earlier due to an heat stroke
NX4RQ TIL Pope Paul VI dedicated Psalm 8 to the Apollo 11 astronauts and blessed the Moon-landing. After following the mission on TV, he honoured everyone involved and "conquerors of the Moon"