stackyFACTSDictators usually obsess over military might, but Castro had a profound weakness for dairy. He famously ordered a massive shipment of Howard Johnson’s ice cream, stripped down a private transport plane, and used it strictly to fly absurd amounts of frozen desserts right past American blockades.
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