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TIL that none of Bob Ross’s on-air paintings were created spontaneously, and he always had the first copy hidden off screen for reference.

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DpQp TIL Congress’s calendar for 2013 consisted of 239 days off.
ZpgMp TIL that Belgians celebrate Kattenstoet, the 'Festival of the Cats', which commemorates a medieval tradition in which cats were thrown from the belfry tower to the town square below. The modern festival involves throwing toy cats followed by a mock witch burning.
wLOlM TIL of a mother finding her kidnapped daughter at a birthday party five years after the baby had been presumed dead.
GKZJ TIL: NPR’s Car Talk stopped in 2012, but have enough material to broadcast for eight more years
WQWd TIL That in Paris in 2010 an 18 month old infant fell from a 6th story window, bounced off the awning of a cafe below, and was then caught, unharmed, by a doctor who happened to be walking by.