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TIL there is a currently ongoing cartoon sequel to Mr Roger’s Neighborhood with a cartoon tiger that lives in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. He befriends the children of the puppets from the original show.

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LYkm TIL Black Americans serving in WWII under the French were treated with respect. However it concerned the US military so much it led to a directive stating: They MUST NOT eat with them, seek to talk, meet with, nor should they commend the black troops, particularly in the presence of white Americans.
78ZNM TIL the association between the Mohawk hairstyle and the Mohawk nation comes from a 1939 Hollywood movie.
GW81 TIL testicles have a reflex to move away from harm.
ew94 TIL that incompetent people don’t know they’re incompetent and completely overestimate their abilities, while truly competent people are filled with doubts and often underestimate their own abilities - it’s called the Dunning Kruger effect.
GA11g TIL when the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967, they had the name of the man who wore their mascot costume engraved on the cup.