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TIL Nelson Mandela wasn’t removed from the US terror watch list until 2008

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XKGj TIL An Air New Zealand hijacking ended when one of the cabin crew struck the hijacker in the head with a whiskey bottle
9w4vG TIL that the acorns of Oriental White oak trees can be roasted and turned into a coffee substitute.
Rb58 TIL That Mindy Kaling’s real name is Vera Chokalingam; her parents called her Mindy because they thought it was a “cute American name,” and liked the name from the TV show “Mork & Mindy.”
nejQB TIL When Will Lee, who played Mr. Hooper on Sesame Street, died in 1982, the show had an episode where Mr. Hooper died. The writers extensively researched how to teach young kids about death. The episode aired on Thanksgiving 1983 so parents were home to discuss it with their kids. It never reran.
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