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TIL about Freddish, the distinct language Mister Rogers used on-air

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695BZ TIL the Nigerian version of Big Brother is the most successful version in the global Big Brother franchise, with viewership of over 309 million. The 2023 season of it has its prize money at 154,989 USD, making it the one of versions with the most substantial prize money.
1aZR4 TIL that during the grand opening of the great pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487 the Aztecs sacrificed 84,000 people in four days.
x6kpg TIL that it takes only 15 mins. of exposure to noise in a nightclub, without protection, to damage hearing
gZOD TIL that on 9/11 some jet fighters took to the air without live ammunition, knowing that to prevent the hijackers from striking their intended targets, the pilots might have to intercept and crash their fighters into the hijacked planes, ejecting at the last moment.
8ndZ TIL that the “coastline paradox” makes measuring around bodies of water and coastlines mathematically impossible.