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TIL Bob Marley's grandma was a White Jamaican Jew.
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TIL that the Memory of Mankind has buried modern 'clay tablets' preserving the most important modern knowledge beneath a salt mine in Austria for future generations with clues to decipher them
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TIL That when Mister Rogers passed away in 2003, his death was so impactful in the world of children that PBS felt compelled to make a guide for parents called “If your child asks about Fred Rogers’ death”
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TIL the 1969 Beatles song "Come Together" was written for Timothy Leary, who was running for California governor against Ronald Reagan, however Leary received a 20-year sentence for marijuana possession ending his bid.
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TIL A 2017 study on censorship in Kidz Bop found that replacing words and phrases in songs does not disassociate the original in the minds of young listeners who have heard the uncensored song.
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TIL that the creator of Scooby Doo, Iwao Takamoto, learned to animate from fellow prisoners while incarcerated in the Manzinar internment camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII.