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TIL Elvis was an Actual 8th Degree Black Belt in Karate

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QJZRE TIL Talk show host Jerry Springer’s parents were some of the Jews to get out of Germany before being sent to camps. His grandmother was one of the first to go to the gas chamber.
loJZ7 TIL that Mister Rogers, in 1968, hired the first black actor to have a recurring role on a children’s show --François Clemmons. Clemmons portrayed a police officer on Mister Rogers neighborhood.
W9Z4 TIL cats are banned from the world’s northernmost city of Longyearbyen because they pose a threat to the local bird population.
oBxoL TIL that Iceland is essentially free of mosquitoes
oBPEW TIL Pixar film Cars (2006) earned $10 Billion in merchandising revenue, almost 22 times it's total box office gross