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TIL All of Mr. Rogers cardigan sweaters worn on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood were knitted by his mother

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e0enE TIL in 1339, French soldiers mistook hare making noises as an English attack. William II, Count of Hainaut quickly knighted 14 squires for battle. However the English attack never came and, after the reason for that became clear, those knights became known as the Knights of the Hare
MeO0K TIL that for Apollo 11, there was a speech prepared just in case Neil and Buzz had to commit suicide on the moon.
5Vg4n TIL about Rebecca Sharrock, a 27-year-old from Australia who has Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), a rare syndrome that allows her to recall every single detail of her life on any given date.
ne447 TIL birds cannot detect capsaicin (the active ingredient in chilli that makes it spicy) so it is used as a squirrel deterrent for birdfeeders.
awrKN TIL The Buddha recommended eating rice porridge, saying "There are these five benefits in rice porridge. What five? It stills hunger, dispels thirst, settles wind, cleans out the bladder, and promotes the digestion of the remnants of undigested food. These are the five benefits of rice porridge."