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TIL that Cuba offered to send 1600 medics after Katrina, but the United States rebuffed them - while at the same time welcoming international help

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xnEB TIL Chef Anthony Bourdain had a kitchen knife custom-forged from a Meteorite
vrd8 TIL Jonathan Taylor Thomas, the ‘90s child actor also known simply as JTT, walked away from fame at the height of his career to study philosophy at Harvard.
mxjDv TIL that 36-year-old accountant Scott Foster had to come in for the Chicago Blackhawks as an emergency goalie due to injuries. It was his first time ever playing in the NHL, stopping all seven shots from the Winnipeg Jets in order to win the game.
wor87 TIL that Iris Cummings, an American swimmer and pilot born December 21st 1920, is the last surviving athlete who competed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. She earned her pilot's license in 1940. She was a flight instructor for almost 30 years and is now retired.
8ap7L TIL that modern Icelandic is identical to Ancient Norse, unlike any other Scandinavian language, meaning that Icelandic children can read old Norse texts much more fluently than most professional Norse historians