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TIL After Hurricane Katrina Cuba offered to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tonnes of medicine, and their share of the winnings from the 2006 World Baseball Classic to Katrina victims. All offers were denied despite a shortage of medical professionals.

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nedEP TIL Bill Burr repeatedly mocked the Star Wars franchise and its fans before accepting the role of Mayfeld in The Mandalorian - he was cast because it was believed his past criticism of the franchise would make his casting more amusing.
wLEmo TIL that the Monty Python crew sued ABC for editing and censoring the first appearance of Flying Circus on US network television without consent. They demended that the showing be canceled and taken off the air, but a judge ruled that ABC could play the show as long as it included a disclaimer.
5MpQ TIL that Pope Benedict IX was the only Pope in the history to have served 3 Papal terms.. And the only Pope to have sold Papacy… and the First Pope said to have been primarily homosexual who held orgies in the Lateran palace
a8mno TIL that the U.S. Coast Guard was originally operated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. It was originally created in 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton to collect customs duties at U.S. seaports and was the United States’ only armed maritime service until the U.S. Navy started in 1798.
woOjP TIL there was a Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes in Nova Scotia 22 years before the NHL. The slap shot and goalie butterfly technique originated there. Read more - "Black Ice: The Lost History Of The Colored Hockey League Of The Maritimes 1895-1925," by historians George and Darrill Fosty