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TIL all of Mr. Rogers sweaters were hand-knit by his mom.
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TIL “In 2013, Star Wars was translated into Navajo, making it the first major motion picture translated into any Native American language”
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TIL of Madam C. J. Walker, the first self-made female millionaire in America. Born in 1867, orphaned at 7 years old and widowed at 20, she made her fortune manufacturing cosmetics and hair care products
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TIL Peter Jackson wrote a script for Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare. In his version, Freddy had become so weak in the dream world that teenagers would take sleeping pills to go into the Dream World and mess with him.
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TIL During the 1848 uprising in Vienna, Emperor Ferdinand I. asked Chancellor Metternich, upon seeing the protesters from his palace, what they were doing to which Metternich replied “They are making a revolution” to which the Emperor asked “But are they allowed to do that?”
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TIL the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress' official nickname is "BUFF" which is an acronym for "Big Ugly Fat Fucker"