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TIL that Mr. Rogers testified in the landmark case for people’s right to record TV programs, saying that people should be able to decide when they watch TV: “I am opposed to people being programmed by others”

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Eg5dp TIL The first standardized rain gauge was invented in 1441 by Korean King Sejong's son, Prince Munjong.
7r10O TIL: The Central American/Southern Mexican Chechen tree, which produces very poisonous sap, grows next to the Chacan tree, which produces an antidote sap that remedies its counterpart.
nWWd TIL Google Doodles’ first interactive game, Pacman, was said to have cost economy $120,000,000.
RVEl TIL that the illusion of meeting your doppelganger and switching your consciousness back and forth is called ‘heautoscopy’, and the case studies are the creepiest thing ever.
O8ba TIL there is a 3,000 mile biking/hiking trail under construction that will connect Canada to the Florida Keys.