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TIL that Mr. Rogers saw to it that every letter he received got an answer.

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VMVe0 TIL about General Butt Naked, a Liberian guerrilla leader who practiced devil worship, child sacrifice, cannibalism, and wore only shoes when fighting. He led a group of child soldiers called the "Butt Naked Brigade," who fought naked or in women's clothing.
NeQb TIL that R. Kelly is illiterate.
Vj7m TIL that the guitarist of AC/DC on their last world tour had to relearn the songs before each show as he was suffering from the early stages of dementia.
VBm5k TIL About firedamp whistles, a device designed to detect flammable gases in a coal mine by blowing local air and a reference gas through whistles and listening for a "beat" caused by a slight difference in the frequency
BgOXe TIL that for cost reasons, American soap operas were recorded on tape instead of film. Because the tape recorded at 60 FPS while film records at 24 FPS, the motion in soap operas looked overly smooth. When The Hobbit was released at 48 FPS, people complained that it looked like a soap opera.