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TIL that all of the sweaters that Mr. Rogers wore on his show were knitted by his mother. He liked wearing them because they made him think of his mother.

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4kAQR TIL the State of Pennsylvania bans patrons from all casinos in the state if they've left kids unattended in cars at casinos. In a recent 17 month period, nearly 600 children were left alone in 370 incidents.
6EQG7 TIL of Britain's ghost trains - rare train services in the UK which only see a couple of passengers every day. They're only there because closing lines and stations is difficult and costly, and rail companies would rather run infrequent services than go through the cumbersome process.
VBXrG TIL eucalyptus trees can store gold in their leaves after transporting it all the way from their roots
0wb9N TIL meconium is the name of a newborn’s first poop
d8rV9 TIL that in 2008, a Mexican state legislature implemented a surprise drug test for all state lawmakers coming to work to prove if they were clean. The lawmakers nearly trampled over each other trying to reach the door