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TIL that during the summer of 2002, Mr. Rogers' chronic stomach pain became severe enough for him to see a doctor about it, and in October 2002, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He died four months later on February 27, 2003 at the age of 74.

Zp054 TIL that On September 10, 2001, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a press conference that $2.3 trillion from Pentagon had gone missing, but the 9/11 attacks took attention away from this news, so it was forgotten.
jNY1M TIL that a 12-minute Hobbit "movie" was made in 1967 because the production company was about to lose the film rights unless a movie was released. It was produced quickly and cheaply, released on the very last day the rights would expire. Tolkien had to pay $100,000 to get the rights back.
mxV6E TIL of Drachten, a town in the Netherlands, where almost all traffic lights and signs have been removed in the town's centre in an effort to improve traffic safety, based on the theory that drivers pay more attention to their surroundings when they cannot rely on strict traffic rules.
W7Y6N TIL about Tropic-Ana, an early Tropicana orange juice mascot. A little tropical girl carrying a bowl of oranges on her head, she was based on the four-year-old playmate of the logo artist's son. Christine Pool appeared at corporate events and a TV commercial until she accidentally cut off her braid.
e0YgD TIL The guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," became a hugely successful TV producer, having created The Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among others. Also, the two guys from "Big Bang Theory" were named after him.