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TIL that Mr. Rogers melted a tough judges heart in under 7 minutes, and walked away with 20 million in funding

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gGYy TIL If someone spots a lost child at the beach in Argentina, they put the kid on their shoulders and start to do a slow, rhythmic clap. The people around them join in, and the clapping gets louder and louder. The parent follows the beat until they reunite amid whistles and cheers.
ge88 TIL of the “Navy eReader Device”, or NeRD, an e-reader developed by the United States Navy’s General Library Program for use aboard U.S. Navy submarines
9YnQ7 TIL the chorus in Asereje by Las Ketchup isn't complete nonsense, just a Spanish take on the lyrics of Rappers Delight (I said a hip-hop, the hippy, etc)
VMPmQ TIL In 1996 The cast of Frasier conducted an alcoholism intervention at Kelsey Grammer's home after he crashed his Dodge Viper while driving drunk.
eRWJ TIL that on this date in 1937, the Japanese army entered Nanking - setting off a six-week orgy of rape, torture and murder that killed over 300,000 people.