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TIL that "Master" is an honorific used to address boys that are too young to be called "Mister".

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nPWP TIL that according to Mr. Rodgers every cardigan sweater that he changed at the beginning of the show was made by his mother.
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DQOpg TIL that due to a bad hand cramp, Tina Weymouth was unable to play bass on the studio recording of the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love". One of the studio engineers had to take her place.
xGgB TIL that Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov attempted to create a human-ape hybrid. He wanted to create a solider with strength of an ape and the brains of a human. Working with human sperm and female chimpanzees, he failed to create a pregnancy
ML4K TIL that in WW1 only two nations did not execute their soldiers for desertion, the United States and Australia.