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TIL after 9/11, Fred Rogers recorded a PSA telling children, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Though he doubted its impact, he shared this message of hope, a sentiment he had expressed to children during past crises, offering reassurance in times of fear and loss.

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dBmQ TIL that redheads need more anesthesia during surgery and produce their own vitamin D.
8DLP TIL REM’s 1994 song What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? slows down towards the end because bassist Mike Mills had an appendicitis attack and had to be rushed to hospital and the band couldn’t re-do it
78rrO TIL that Buddhists create sand mandalas only to destroy them, to teach the belief that nothing lasts forever.
xEm7 TIL 70% of Americans hate their jobs.
e0XZn TIL that the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkov, urinated on a tire of the bus that took her to the launch site. This remarkable woman was only 26 years old, a former textile factory worker, and was in space a full two decades before the first U.S. woman was.