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TIL In 1964, Zambian teacher and freedom fighter Edward Mukuka Nkoloso started a space program. Weightlessness training involved rolling downhill in an oil drum, flight was planned to be via catapulting from a tree and the crew consisted of a 16 year old girl, a Christian missionary and some cats.

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VMmgB TIL in the 40's hundreds of Guatemalans were infected involuntarily with syphilis by Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and the Rockefeller Foundation. A court case is underway to this day on behalf of 444 victims resulting in 83 deaths.
WnAN TIL because of a surplus of whole milk and milk fat, The USDA has worked with restaurants to expand their menus with cheese-laden products, including paying for a $12 million marketing campaign for Domino’s to develop a new line of pizzas with 40% more cheese.
QJm5k TIL A juvenile narwhal lost in the St. Lawrence River got adopted by a group of beluga and has stayed with them since at least 2016
l7PQA Til of Robin Mahfood, who ran a charity called Food for the Poor that was charged millions for misleading donors and tax officials as well as raising prices for donated goods under his leadership
9YmjG TIL that in Canada it's legal to pirate something for personal, non commercial use.