100 Mind-Blowing Cuba Facts

Only 2 countries don’t sell Coca-Cola. Due to political reasons, North Korea and Cuba do not distribute the world’s most famous drink.

North Korea and Cuba are the only places in the world where you can’t buy Coca-Cola.

Government vehicles in Cuba are legally required to pick up hitchhikers. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba went through a period of severe economic hardship called the “Special Period,” and the majority of the country’s vehicles came to a standstill. Unable to take public transport because there wasn’t enough oil or parts to maintain the buses, citizens resorted to hitchhiking. Times got so difficult that the government forced all of their vehicles with free space to pick up any hitchhikers, typically found at designated pick-up points.

Cold War reaches boiling point. While the world watched the tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, they didn’t know just how close they came to destruction. The US Navy dropped harmless depth charges on a submerged Russian submarine off the coast of Cuba to try and force it to surface. The crew, believing that World War Three had begun, argued whether they should launch the nuclear torpedo that they had on board, and came close to a unanimous vote to launch. Luckily, Senior Officer Vasili Arkhipov cast the one vote needed to stop the impending destruction.

Uruguay, the Czech Republic, Cuba, and India are very big fans of Linux as well.

The top 3 countries that prefer Linux are India, Cuba, and Russia.

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