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Fidel Castro banned The Beatles and other bands in Cuba in 1964. He changed his mind two years later.

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The founder of FedEx served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War and was awarded a Bronze Star, Silver Star and two Purple Hearts.

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A zeptosecond, a trillionth of a billionth of a second, is the smallest division of time that has been observed.

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Home-brewed liquor, or moonshine, accounts for almost 30% of the world's alcohol drinking.

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We can't digest grass because our bodies don't have what it takes to break down the cellulose found in the plant.

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The railroad worm, actually a beetle, catch their prey by 'switching off' the yellow lights, leaving the red ones that millipedes can't see.

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JFK was the first President to have been a Boy Scout.

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When electricity was installed in the White House, President Benjamin Harrison and his wife, Caroline, were scared to use the light switches for fear of getting shocked.

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It took J.K. Rowling 6 years to write the "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

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A study indicates that dolphins talk to each other in sentences.

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Some Greenland sharks alive today were born before the English Civil War.

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Fruit flies take their time over difficult decisions.

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Abraham Lincoln was the first U.S. President born outside of the original 13 colonies.

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Blackbeard's ship had 40 cannons on it, making it one of the most dangerous pirate ships ever.

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Researchers say right-hand dominance in Neanderthals suggests that, like humans, they also had the capacity for language before they went extinct around 30,000 years ago.

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The word "Britain" is derived from "Pretain" meaning "painted", originally because the Britons had tattoos.

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Blue whales can eat half a million calories in a single mouthful.

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If vegetarianism was adopted by 2050, it would stave off about 7 million deaths per year, experts estimate.

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There are about 42 million prostitutes in the world.

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The gene that gives you six fingers is a dominant trait.

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In the U.S., an average family of four emits more greenhouse gases because of the meat they eat than from driving two cars.

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The middle finger has been used as a derogatory gesture for at least 2400 years.

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Favorable views of the U.S. around the world rose from a median of 51% in George W. Bush's final year in office to 66% during Obama's final 2 years.

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German citizens can travel to 177 territories without a visa nor a visa given on arrival, the most in the world.

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The Mongol Empire at maximum extend included more than a fifth of the entire world.

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Fidel Castro led Cuba for five decades and was the world's third longest-serving head of state, after Britain's Queen Elizabeth and the King of Thailand.

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Jousting is the official sport of Maryland.

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The white stain on the surface of the famous painting "The Scream" is candle wax.

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In Iceland, you can hand-draw a map on a piece of mail without an address, and it will still make it to its destination.

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Tony the Tiger, Kellogg's Frosties mascot, once asked followers to stop sending him anthropomorphic animal porn via Twitter.

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