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TIL: Mr Rogers sued the KKK for impersonating him.
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TIL there is a Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in Moscow, where visitors can try out over fifty playable games (including Tankodrome!) dating from the Soviet Era.
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TIL in 2013 it was estimated there were more than 100 uncontacted tribes around the world, mostly in the densely forested areas of South America, Central Africa, Asia and New Guinea. Knowledge of the existence of these groups comes from infrequent and sometimes violent encounters and aerial footage.
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TIL the first person of African heritage in space was Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
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TIL that Hunter S. Thompson, author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, daily did seven rounds of cocaine by 9 pm, accompanied by whiskey and weed, only to "start snorting cocaine seriously" then, an hour before dropping acid.
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TIL The day after John Lennon was murdered David Bowie was appearing in the play The Elephant Man. Chapman had a front-row ticket to play that night. John and Yoko were supposed to sit front for that show too. So the night after John was killed there were three empty seats in the front row.