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TIL: Mr Rogers sued the KKK for impersonating him.
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TIL That Spongebob Squarepants was originally going to be called Spongeboy and the show was originally going to be called Spongeboy Ahoy, but they had to change his name after it turned out that Spongeboy was the copyrighted name of a mop.
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TIL California's vehicle emission laws are stricter than those of the EPA. Cars made for sale in the US are made with those standards in mind so they can be sold all over. Often, the EPA adopts California's standards a few years after the state institutes them.
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TIL of Rube Waddell, an early 1900s baseball pitcher that would leave mid game to go fishing and would get distracted when opposing fans held up puppies or shiny objects.
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TIL of the United Kingdom's Locomotives Act 1865, which mandated that motor vehicles abide by a 2 to 4 mph speed limit, be crewed by minimum of three persons, and have man walk at least 55 meters ahead of the vehicle, waving a red flag and sounding a horn.
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TIL that the island of crete briefly was an islamic emirate in the 8th to 9th century called the emirate of crete, formed by Andalusian exiles(spanish muslims).The emirate was known for pirate activities until it was reconquered by the Byzantine empire.