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TIL that Fidel Castro’s personal love for dairy products and ice cream was so great that he began a state funded project to grow Cuba’s dairy industry by bio engineering a cow that was perfect for producing milk and could thrive in Cuba’s warm climate.

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mxeZR TIL that Dwight from The Office nearly got a spinoff called "The Farm". It would have focused on expert beet-farmer Dwight, his brother Jeb, and his sister Fannie take over the land that his aunt left behind. However, people did not receive this idea well, saying that it was too late for a spinoff.
KVJ4 TIL that in 1948, the citizens of Nanking, including the mayor himself, raised a very large sum of money for John Rabe after learning that he was in poverty in occupied Germany, because of his efforts to stop the atrocities during the Nanking Massacre in 1937 within the Safety Zone.
LkLOv TIL Astronaut Tom Jones carried a copy of Arthur C. Clarke's "2001: A Space Odyssey" into space during a shuttle mission in 2001. The astronauts read the book in their spare time and discussed which of 2001’s technologies had arrived
y67v TIL of Bridget Loves Bernie, the highest rated TV show to ever be canceled after only one season. CBS and show creators were forced to cancel the show after receiving death threats from Jews, who were angered that the show featured a Catholic marrying a Jew.
E1NdW TIL that in 1994, the pilot of a commercial airline allowed his 16-year-old son to sit at the plane's controls during a flight. The kid touched something he shouldn't have, inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and caused the plane to crash. Everyone onboard perished.