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TIL that Mr. Rogers’ mother knitted all his sweaters, including the famous red cardigan.

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ydxw TIL the University of Washington has developed an algorithm which can age a person’s face up to 80 years with insane accuracy.
7rm6O TIL: Gouveneur Morris (NY), an abolitionist founding father died "after causing himself internal injuries and an infection while using a piece of whalebone as a catheter to attempt clearing a blockage in his urinary tract."
dD9N7 TIL that oxymoron is one itself. “oxy” = sharp, “moron” = “dull” - which also makes it an autological word.
g6jD TIL Denmark has no legally set minimum wage and McDonald’s workers there make more than $15/hr.
wolyM TIL Thomas Edison created the first ever film studio, "The black maria", which could rotate so that it could always catch the best lighting. There, they shot "The kiss" (1898) which contained the first on-screen kiss, which caused a demand for the first ever film industry censorship.