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TIL That Blue’s Clues was so successful that, within eighteen months of its premiere, “virtually 100% of preschoolers’ parents knew about Blue’s Clues”, an awareness comparable to “top-tier” shows like the 30-year-old Sesame Street.

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D15Pj TIL that New York City is one of four major cities in the United States whose drinking water is pure enough not to require purification by water treatment plants. The city is supplied with drinking water by the protected Catskill Mountains watershed.
R5wD8 TIL Candy corn was called "Chicken feed" when it was first produced in the late 1880s. The Goelitz Confectionery Company, who bought the manufacturing rights in 1898, alluded to the old name with the advertising slogan "Something worth crowning for".
xxWk TIL de Lafayette “hero of two world’s” was invited by Pres. Monroe to go on a 3 month tour visiting every state in the US in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the US, he was met by cheering crowds everywhere, and brought Thomas Jefferson to tears at their reunion.
w8VE TIL that former Grand Wizard of the KKK David Duke wrote a self-help book for women under the pseudonym Dorothy Vanderbilt, titled “Finders-Keepers” which contains sexual, diet, fashion, cosmetic and relationship advice, as well as advice on vaginal exercises, fellatio, and anal sex.
nxm7 TIL That if you were were exposed to outer space without a suit, after about 15 seconds, you would be blue, bloated, and in an unresponsive stupor, but not dead. If they got you back inside and gave you oxygen within about 90 seconds, you’d likely make a complete recovery with only minor injuries.