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TIL about a Yale study revealing kids who watched "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" learned more and were generally more patient than those who watched "Sesame Street."

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ne6vW TIL Pakistan started a Billion Tree Tsunami project 2 years ago, to plant 1 billion trees all over the country within 5 years. Today, they witnessed 70% increase in honey production.
x6ye1 TIL that America's first war was to prevent African pirates from taking Americans and Europeans as slaves.
gMkX4 TIL that modern manufacturing has made it nearly impossible to spot a fake Rolex.
LrXp TIL the documents pertaining to Martin Luther King’s assassination is only slated to be released by the US government in 2027
r6wx TIL that Dennis Hopper was doing 3 grams of cocaine and drinking a half a gallon of rum and 28 beers a day around the time he acted in Apocalypse Now.