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TIL: Sesame Workshop sponsors and partners with children's clinics in Japan

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KKMw TIL that there were 32 solar panels on the White House, and that Ronald Reagan had them removed.
8e8va TIL 70 percent of wealthy families lose their wealth by the next generation, with 90 percent losing it the generation after that.
P6L TIL that Cornell University researchers have solved the origin of the Tungusta explosion in 1908. Sorry, Aliens guy.
y7Ew TIL of the Columbine Massacre (Not the Columbine you’re thinking of). On this day in 1927, a fight between Colorado State Police and unarmed striking coal miners led to machine guns being fired into the crowd of miners. Six miners were killed and dozens were injured.
9jEG TIL the words “apron” and “napkin” were originally “napron” and “apkin” but the preceding indefinite articles (“an” and “a”) were so confusing to the ear that the words eventually just changed.