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TIL in 2007 ‘FOX and Friends’ labelled the late Mr Rogers as an ‘ Evil, Evil man’ for supposedly encouraging generations of children to grow up with a sense of entitlement

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6Eogw Today I learned the phrase "mad as a hatter" or "madhatter" comes from old hat makers using mercury to shape animal pelts into top hats.
M9jB TIL In 1991 two artists paid $26 million to install thousands of umbrellas along the California highway, one of the umbrellas was toppled by high winds, killing one woman and injuring several others. The exhibit was ordered closed and another person died during the removal of the umbrellas.
lPO7 TIL that the Big Mac had two previous names: “aristocrat” and “blue ribbon burger”, both which failed in the marketplace.
OQaX TIL that when the KKK was founded the KKK consisted of a group of Southern whites Democrats who were targeting Republicans with violence because they knew that given the chance, the blacks would vote Republican.
rRyrd TIL In 1964, a Swedish art gallery displayed 4 paintings by unknown artist Pierre Brassau. Every single art critic praised the ‘avant-garde’ work- except one, who said, ‘only an ape could have done this’. In fact it was all a hoax by a journalist and 'Brassau’ was actually a 4-year-old chimpanzee.