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Fabián Escalante, a retired chief of Cuban counterintelligence, claims that the United States made 638 attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro, employing a bevy of bizarre contraptions such as an exploding cigar, a poisoned diving suit, and a booby-trapped conch. These ridiculous claims are often taken at face value and circulated around the internet by gullible people to this day.

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Ronald Reagan, once the oldest President in U.S. history, was younger at the end of his Presidency than Joe Biden was at the beginning of his.

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The Wu-Tang Clan only produced one copy of their album "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin". They sold it for an estimated $2 million to "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli.

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Jimmy Hoffa's middle name was Riddle.

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The word "wig" was originally short for periwig.

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Level 36

Feb 16, 2022

In the 1960s American Intelligence put into action Operation Wandering Soul a series of tapes from South Vietnamese Men mimicking ghosts the ghost tapes were consisted of erie noises and voices they were made to scare the North Vietnam Soldiers but all it did was make the Viet Cong fire in that direction giving off there location so either way it was a success

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Level 70

Jun 3, 2022

please use punctation

Level 59

Feb 16, 2022

Walmart has a lower acceptance rate than Harvard :/

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Level ∞

Feb 20, 2022

Lol, no it doesn't. It's very easy to get a job at Walmart, but Harvard accepts less than 5% of applicants.

Level 70

Feb 23, 2022

Perhaps

Level 59

Feb 23, 2022

proof lol

Level 28

Feb 23, 2022

It says "Last year when Wal-Mart came to D.C. there were over 23,000 applications for 600 jobs." It is just citing sources from one metro-area -- I am sure that those rates would vary based on which area it is, not to mention if it's a new Walmart or an older one.

Level ∞

Feb 28, 2022

Why don't you go apply to Walmart and Harvard and tell me what you find out.

Your common sense exists for a reason. Use it.

Level 71

May 24, 2022

I tried this and was rejected by both. What does that mean?

Level 60

Feb 25, 2022

Where did you get this fact?

Level 28

Feb 28, 2022

See ChineseChen's post

Level 92

Oct 24, 2022

Real inquiring minds want to know: is it easier for a Wal-Mart worker to get into Harvard or a Harvard graduate to get a job at Wal-Mart?

Level 71

Feb 16, 2022

Fact #756 is sorta similar to Fact #78, and in fact somewhat contradicts it. For reference, Fact #78 is:

"Some people have claimed that the CIA plotted to assassinate Fidel Castro using an exploding cigar. However, there is no evidence that this was ever seriously proposed."

While I don't know much about this Fabián Escalante, I'm assuming that as a chief of Cuban counterintelligence, if there was evidence of this plot against Castro, he would have had access to it. This makes him at least somewhat reputable a source. Of course, he also could've been lying to make the US look bad, but if there's any indication that he was lying, it's not addressed in the Fact on this page. Personally, I'm not sure whether he was lying or not, but I just wanted to bring this up because the two Facts don't totally line up.

Level ∞

Feb 17, 2022

The point of this fact is to point out how ridiculous the Cuban accusations are. If the CIA wanted Fidel Castro dead, they would have killed him. They wouldn't have tried this ridiculous Wile E. Coyote stuff.

I apologize for the duplication, however.

Level 66

Feb 28, 2022

Are you saying that the CIA didn't want Castro dead? That's a bolder claim to make than any exploding cigar.

Level 71

May 24, 2022

I think it's a question of how badly they wanted him dead rather than "if." To address the Acme exploding cigar ploy, simply read their history as supported by declassified documents and verified news reports. None of this is that far outside their "character."

Level 71

Feb 17, 2022

Oh whoops I should've realized that. Now that I look at it again, these are pretty implausible. :/

Level 72

Feb 18, 2022

When you Google askew, your screen tilts

Level 66

Feb 20, 2022

That’s actually so cool. Any more like that, because it could make a good blog.

Level 72

Feb 25, 2022

Googling Anagram

Level 60

Mar 21, 2022

THanos Snap

Level 42

Feb 26, 2023

That's so cool lol

Level 54

Feb 21, 2022

Turkey is known as Hindi in Turkey

Level 70

Feb 21, 2022

The heaviest building in the world is in Romania

Level 48

Jun 9, 2022

How did they measure it? By hulk or something or they used a balance scale?

Level 68

Feb 21, 2022

It is harder into get a job at emirates airlines than it is to get accepted into Harvard.

Level 66

Feb 21, 2022

These days, it's harder to get a job in Enron than it is to get into Harvard 😱

Level 59

Feb 23, 2022

its harder for me to get a friend than to be accepted into Harvard

Level 29

Apr 20, 2022

bro same

Level 48

Jun 9, 2022

It’s harder to be accepted as a alien by aliens then getting accepted to Harvard

Level 43

Feb 25, 2022

In the WWII, the Spanish spy Juan Pujol García was decorated by both sides of the war (English and Germans).

Level 55

Mar 6, 2022

Good ol' Garbo

Level 68

Feb 25, 2022

Chicago, Illinois is closer to 3 state capitals (Madison, Wisconsin. Indianapolis, Indiana. Lansing, Michigan) than to it's own state capital of Springfield.

Level 70

Feb 28, 2022

not a fact, but some people google google to get on google

Level 43

Feb 28, 2022

~~my parents~~

Level 74

Jun 26, 2022

It's not pointless, many people will open a new tab and type 'google' into the address bar to get to google - then access things like Drive, Gmail, Calendar etc.

Level 68

Dec 3, 2024

For 760, does that make the word "winkle" short for periwinkle?????

okay I'm not funny I'ma stop