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TIL that EU plans to subsidise small-scale sustainable farming and young farmers

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Jy7V TIL in 2005, MySpace was in talks to buy Facebook, but rejected Mark Zuckerberg’s asking price of $75 million as too expensive.
GAXE7 TIL that the 1997 movie Batman & Robin was about a (now canceled) sequel called Batman Unchained and was originally planned to have Courtney Love or Madonna to play Harley Quinn in her live-action debut.
ZpDro TIL High intensity aerobic exercise could cut the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%, according to a study of runners.
pY15A TIL in 1920, the New York Times mocked Robert Goddard for believing rockets could fly in space. In 1926, he proved them wrong by launching the first liquid-fueled rocket. In 1969, NYT finally apologized—just before the Moon landing.
eXN6 TIL, The St. Louis Browns put in a dwarf as a pinch hitter. His strike zone was so small he walked on 4 pitches and was replaced with a pinch runner.