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J1B8m TIL the Iowa Writer’s Workshop was used to fight communism abroad and domestically from the 1940s through the 1970s, and received substantial funding from the CIA to do so.
epONk Today I learned that the Count of Sesame Street is close to two million years old...and still counting!
nLQo TIL that Sherman Hemsley, who played George Jefferson on All In The Family & The Jeffersons, was a big progressive rock fan and recorded an unreleased album with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of Yes.
b9MA0 TIL that in some sign languages, signers use their mouth to create visual syllables in combination with their hands to create signs.(Mouthing)
kJeO5 TIL of Stephen Hawking's reply to Einstein's famous quote "God does not play". He replied "Not only does God play dice but he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen."