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TIL Mister Rogers defended public television to the US Senate; his testimony helped convince the Congress to increase funding to PBS, rather than cut it in half, as President Nixon wanted

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4XJWJ TIL Foxconn's Longhua factory, responsible for manufacturing Apple's iPhones, had issues with workers committing suicide by jumping off buildings in response to poor working conditions. They tried to resolve the situation by installing large safety nets to catch falling bodies.
wLA6J TIL, a 3,000 year old mummy was found that had a wooden prosthetic big toe.
wYoo TIL astronauts can’t cry in space.
yQmxV TIL about Drayton Daugherty, a doctor who cured a dying man by pretending to undo a voodoo hex in a last ditch effort after modern medicine didn't work. The man believed he was cured and lived for ten more years.
Q1EL TIL Harrison Ford and Sean Connery filmed their conversation scenes onboard the Zeppelin in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade without pants on, because of the hot set.