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TIL: The CIA unsuccessfully tried to assassinate the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro over 634 times, including using an exploding cigar

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b6lna TIL that tumors can grow hair and teeth, and in rare cases even brain matter and eyes, with the exact cause remaining a mystery to scientists
Wk6k8 TIL about Liviu Librescu: a Romanian-born scientist, engineer, professor, teacher, and Holocaust survivor, who heroically held the door of his classroom closed during the Virginia Tech shootings sacrificing his life while the gunman continuously shot through the door, saving 22 of his 23 students.
Z8dWo TIL there is a factory in Iran that makes US, British, and Israeli flags purely for burning.
oRNKL TIL that the actor Ken Curtis, famous for playing the crotchety deputy Festus on the TV show Gunsmoke, started his career playing clarinet in Tommy Dorsey's band and took over as singer when Frank Sinatra left the band.
b6R89 TIL that blueberries (and cranberries) are true berries, produced from a single ovary with non permeable skin. Raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries, on the other hand, whose tissue holds hundreds of ovaries with permeable surfaces, are made up of smaller fruits.