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...that Hernán Cortés (pictured), the Spanish conquistador, spent several years in Cuba raising funds to conquer the South American mainland?
...that JMWAVE was the codename for a United States covert operations and intelligence gathering station in Miami, Florida created in 1961 to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro?
...that in 1900, the Cuban baseball league began admitting black players, thus some of the best players from the Northern American Negro Leagues relocated to Cuba to play in the integrated teams?
... that a Cuban sandwich is grilled and made with ham, pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard, and Cuban bread?
...that there have been five Cuban constitutions since the nation attained its independence from Spain?

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