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TIL Fidel Castro has long tried to breed a “super cow” that would give much more milk than ordinary cows. And one day the Cuban scientists succeeded. It was immediately dubbed a miracle of socialism, and after death, Ubre Blanca was even honored with a monument

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160QP TIL the Walker Brothers weren't brothers and their surnames weren't Walker (real names being John Maus, Scott Engel and Gary Leeds).
KYExE TIL that the Battle of Aspern-Essling in May 1809, marked the first time Napoleon had lost in a decade, and helped to shatter the invincible image he had previously had.
wMDY TIL the Coast Guard trained pigeons to assist in finding people lost at sea. They sat in a dome attached to a helicopter, pressing a lever after spotting life preservers or debris. They had a 90% success rate in initial trials.
kOQw5 TIL the Great Salt Lake in Utah has an Island with over 500 wild bison
kgBd TIL in 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.