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TIL that between August 1960 and April 1961, the CIA, with the help of the Mafia, pursued a series of plots to poison or shoot Fidel Castro.

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W7NeA TIL Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise would've have walked on the Moon as commander of Apollo 19 before budget cuts cancelled that flight
MeldV TIL: Many Native Americans consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the genocide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples. Participants in the National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today.
69RmX TIL that “costed” is not how you say how much something cost in the past. You just use “cost”.
awbQL TIL Microsoft Windows took more work to build than the great pyramid.
QNN9X TIL Queen ELIZABETH II is related to Prophet Muhammad. Historians believe Elizabeth II is a descendant of the founder of Islam after tracing her family tree back 43 generations