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TIL Roosevelt Franklin, the first “black” muppet, a major character who was phased out after complaints that he was too black and not black enough.

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W7XWB TIL that female kangaroo have three Vagini
Q9B9 TIL Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, originally named Reginald, began 75 years ago as a promotional coloring book gimmick during the Great Depression. Over the years, Rudolph had a son named Robbie, a brother named Rusty, and another cranky and overweight brother called Ralph.
e0XeD TIL about the 1969 book "Naked Came the Stranger", a literary hoax - the book was written to be disjointed and terrible, but full of sex scenes, to prove that any book could succeed if enough sex was thrown in. The novel spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List.
16b0r TIL The fuel tanks of a Boeing 747 are in its wings. And it can carry over 50k gallons of it.
gMOnW TIL the Navajo Nation reservation is so large (71,000 km2), its area exceeds at least 10 US states in size.