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TIL that dolphins sleep with one eye open; the left eye will be closed when the right half of the brain sleeps, and vice versa.This phenomenon is known as "unihemispheric sleep".

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MMka TIL that Mr. Rogers, after discovering that his limo driver was stuck waiting in the car, invited him to enter a PBS exec’s house. Later, Rogers entertained the driver’s family with jazz piano.
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