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TIL that there was a spin-off of Columbo called "Mrs. Columbo" in which Peter Falk and his character Frank Columbo never makes an appearance, despite being the main character's husband.

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0deGA TIL in October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. Seed potatoes were grown in space using technology called quantum tubers developed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, combining with China’s agricultural techniques.
YpdWd TIL of the National Defence Corps Incident. When a South Korean force of 406,000 suffered 300,000 casualties from starvation, disease and mass desertion due to High ranking officers embezzling funds earmarked for the purchase of food supplies.
XEjGX TIL: that Jay-z, nickelback, and Bob Dylan all released albums on 9-11-2001.
VM65D TIL that IPA (India pale ale) was originally a British beer brewed for export to India that was specially formulated to survive the long sea voyage.
GByQ TIL i learned that the death of Buddy Holly made his pregnant wife miscarry after learning about his death on TV. As a result it became later forbidden for news outlets to announce a death before the family of the victim is notified