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TIL that in 1967, Salvador Dalí designed 500 ashtrays for Air India—in exchange for a live baby elephant.

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e0xyE TIL that the little girl who inspired the AMBER alert’s murder was never solved. Her murder led to the rescue of thousands of children in its wake.
1o7 TIL that Italy is the leading producer of Kiwi fruit in the world, despite having origins in Southern China
VMO44 TIL In 1912, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo invented a chess-playing machine that could solve a king and rook vs king endgame. It didn't always deliver mate in the fewest number of moves, nor always within the 50-move rule limit but it would checkmate the opponent every time.
VMv8Z TIL Cato the Elder's constant reiteration of "Carthage must be destroyed" was countered by Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum's constant reiteration of "Carthage should be preserved". Scipio's opinion prevailed at the time because many Romans believed that the threat of Carthage united them.
OolkR TIL Neither Director Ridley Scott nor screenwriter David Webb Peoples read Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" on which "Blade Runner" is based.