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TIL Fred Rogers from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood wrote 200 songs for the show, including “It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”

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1avLD TIL when J. R. R. Tolkien sold the movie rights for Lord of the Rings, he forbade Disney from ever becoming involved ''as long as it was possible to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing''
yV7vM TIL that the Sega SG-1000 is the worst selling Sega console, clocking in at a mere 2 million units sold. Above it is even the Brazilian variant of the Master System, which sold 8 million units.
wL9b1 TIL in 2005 a Utah ski resort launched an artillery shell for avalanche control; the shell sailed completely over the mountain’s summit and landed in a residential backyard.
4XKya TIL NASA lost communication with a spacecraft due to systems continuously rebooting because it can't process a date past August 11 2013.
E1XPV Today I learned of a ww2 navy officer who escaped a POW camp in full uniform by pretending to be a Bulgarian officer named I Bugaroff