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TIL George Carlin was the narrator for the children's show Thomas & Friends

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BnDe TIL a Star was so Frequently Mistaken for Mars it was named Antares (anti-Ares) or ‘Not Mars’
Wk7OA TIL Life expectancy in Zimbabwe under President Mugabe fell from 62 years in 1990 to 36 in 2006
edrg TIL in 1976, residents of a small town in Ohio began receiving threatening anonymous letters. Thousands of letters were sent and some contained personal details. The main suspect was jailed but released after three years when he himself was sent a letter in prison. The case remains unsolved.
ZppoR TIL New Zealand had MTV 5 years before it launched, called Radio With Pictures. From 1976, The show had VJs, quality music videos, and band features. It gave valuable exposure to New Zealand artists and was the inspiration for MTV when Mike Nesmith of the Monkees saw the show and told MTV's creator
aQKo TIL when the space station Skylab fell to Earth in 1979, it landed in Esperance, Western Australia. The Shire of Esperance fined NASA $400 for littering, which went unpaid for 30 years until a radio host raised the money and paid it on behalf of NASA.