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TIL: Rowlf the Dog was the first Muppet. Created by Jim Henson in 1962 Rowlf first appeared in a Purina dog food commercial.

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e0Rx6 TIL: in 1914 for the 4th running of the Indy 500, the rules were changed to no longer allow drivers to consume alcohol during the race after the winner in 1913 drank champagne during pit stops.
deR9 TIL it is legal in 25 states for police to detain persons and request such persons to identify themselves, and arrest them if they do not.
N7rXP TIL, in Ancient Egypt, the penalty for killing a cat was death.
6wy7 TIL Coal Power Plants generate more radiation than Nuclear Power Plants. Coal contains uranium and thorium, both radioactive elements.They occur in such trace amounts in natural coal. But when coal is burned into fly ash, uranium and thorium are concentrated at up to 10 times their original levels.
XEWEQ TIL that the dust from Sahara Desert provides valuable phosphorous to the Amazon rainforest, allowing the latter to thrive.