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TIL although the crew of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood rarely talked to Fred off the set, and mercilessly made fun of him behind his back, while he was rehearsing with his puppets before each show, these same men would sneak into the studio and ask his puppets for personal advice, which Fred kindly gave.

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78RYr TIL Members of the U.S. Army Special Ops and the FBI entered a room at the Revere Hotel in Boston. Finding a man sleeping, they handcuffed him, put him in the shower and interrogated him for 45 minutes before realizing the unassuming Delta pilot was the wrong guy.
nWrxr TIL in 2018, the 120-resident village of Acquetico in Italy installed speed cameras after being fed up with people speeding through it. In next 2 weeks, it recorded 58,500 speeding infractions.
9wBrD TIL that Garry Kasparov, who was World Chess Champion for 15 years and broke the record for highest rating of all-time, took a formal IQ test in 1987 and scored 135.
rRJQe TIL that the international airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (ULN), the largest international air facility in the country was named after Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the establishment of a Mongolian State on 21 December 2005.
b9G5a TIL in The Land Before Time, the dinosaur Rooter consoles Littlefoot after his mother dies. This scene was added at the advice of psychologists to soften the blow, showing that death is something that Littlefoot, and the audience, have to deal with.