5 Things You Didn’t Know About Fidel Castro (August 13, 1926 - November 25, 2016)
1)He claims he survived 634 assassination attempts outlasting 11 U.S. Presidents, chiefly masterminded by the CIA including poison pills, a toxic cigar and chemically tainted diving suit.
"If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal," Castro liked to tell interviewers.”
2)Some reports in Lebanon claimed that Fidel Castro’s mother may have been Lebanese, which will make him half Lebanese. Castro was the illegitimate son of Ángel Castro y Argiz, a wealthy farmer and landowner, and his mistress Lina RuzGonzález. The Lebanese reports claimed that Lina Ruz’ grandparents came from Zahle or Triplo.
3)He studied law at the University of Havana In 1945.During his law school days Castro began to adopt the practice of revolutionary political violence.
4)He has been known to give speeches lasting up to seven hours. Castro's holds the Guinness Book of Records title for the longest speech ever delivered at the United Nations.
5)His iconic beard was not merely symbolic. It also reflected time saved – he once said that by not shaving every day, he saved close to 5000 minutes every year.
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