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TIL originally Mister Rogers answered every letter sent to him by hand. As the letters increased in volume he hired staff member and producer Hedda Sharapan to answer them, but he still read, edited, and signed each one.

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e68k TIL that, as a child, Kevin Spacey burned down his sister’s treehouse and was then sent to military school. He was then expelled from military school after throwing a tire at a student’s head.
YnlB TIL Wallabies can have substance abuse problems. In fact, certain stoned, opiate loving wallabies are a big problem for parts of Australia.
yAlM TIL Roald Dahl, author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda and other famous children’s novels, was also a renowned Adult Fiction author, even having written for Playboy.
rRDyo TIL A 4th century female poet wrote a poem on a 29 x 29 grid of characters that produced 3000 more rhyming poems when read in different directions.
9wYZM TIL of the Kangina - a Afghani traditional practice that preserves fruits into the winter months. It is made of wet clay-rich mud, molded into a bowl shape and sun baked. When dried, the fruit – often grapes - are sealed inside with more serving of mud to form a closed, air-tight vessel.