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TIL that Mister Rogers once had his car stolen and had it returned 48 hours later. After he filed a police report and TV picked up on it it was returned with an apology letter.

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PYRGg TIL that there is a branch of science known as Paleoacoustics which studies what fossils might have sounded like
R7nMa TIL Grapes are toxic to dogs
pYGAA TIL that in spite of only being a British possession for about a decade prior, Florida remained loyal to the crown during the American Revolution, but was returned to the Spanish after American independence was won.
8eJb8 TIL that Roald Dahl, author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda, was also a renowned Adult Fiction author who wrote for Playboy.
nWV1r TIL: Alexander Green was one of the last hangmen of the Australian prison colonies, having executed 250~ people. He married a convict, and towards his last years became a drunkard and started botching public hangings and the public noticed. He was sent to a mental asylum after he lost his job.