I thought this would be a fitting occasion, with Barack Obama's visit and all.
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601. Only 5% of Cubans have access to "the open internet", meaning uncensored websites.
602. Government vehicles are legally required to pick up any hitchhikers.
603. Cuba (and North Korea) are the only countries in the world which are not allowed to sell Coca Cola.
604. Cubans were prohibited to have mobile phones until 2008. (And the people in Finland are throwing them around for fun, wtf?)
605. The U.S. pays Cuba $4,085 a month in rent for Guantanamo Bay but Cuba refuses to cash the checks.
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606. South Korean soap operas are very popular in Cuba.
607. In 2013, the average employee in Cuba was payed 471 pesos (US$20) a month.
608. A drink of rum and coke is called a "Cuba Libre" (Free Cuba) in Latin America except in Cuba, where it is called "Mentirita" (little lie).
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I wonder how they do that if they don't have any coke...
609. "Usnavi" is a personal name in Cuba after ships of the US Navy visited the country in the 1970s.
610. After hurricane Katrina, Cuba offered the U.S. medical help but the U.S. rejected it.
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