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TIL: Cuba provides more medical personnel to the developing world than all the G8 countries combined

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N70P6 TIL there is a service that allows you to "Rent a Friend" to attend social events, play sports, travel, or just hang out.
gkRX TIL the CIA released reports in 2007 detailing how it partnered with the Mafia to assassinate Castro
QJnAd TIL of the Beefalo, a 3/8 bison and 5/8 domestic cattle hybrid designed to mix the flavor and characteristics of beef and bison meat.
VBnLD TIL not all rectangular national flags have the same proportions. Belgium (13:15), Niger (6:7) and Denmark (28:37) are almost a square. Paraguay (11:20), America (10:19) and Qatar (11:28) are flatter bois. El Salvador is a 189:335 and Togo is a 1:φ.
6EpGZ TIL The first person to actually look at Saturn in a telescope was Galileo. He saw a strange oval-shaped planet. He thought the planet might have ears, or two small balls on either side. Later observations showed that these were actually Saturn’s grand ring system