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TIL that Al Roker holds the world record for the longest uninterrupted live TV weather report: 34 hours, at NBC Studios in New York from November 12 to 14, 2014.

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vPpBR TIL Picasso stayed in Paris throughout out WWII. During one search of his apartment, a Nazi officer saw a photograph of the painting Guernica. "Did you do that?" the German asked Picasso. "No," he replied, "You did."
R54ea TIL Confectioners glaze, a common glaze on candy, is made from insect secretions
16pbd TIL about Danish Pålægschokolade, which translates to “chocolate to put on bread”. They are thin slices of chocolate that are used as a topping on bread, such as rye or white bread, similar to how chocolate spread is used in many countries.
R5kK4 TIL Tom Cruise’s real last name is “Mapother”
5YNJR TIL Scientists have known cloth masks helped prevent infections from respiratory droplets since 1897