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TIL that in 1981, Mr. Rogers convinced a NPR Correspondent to host Roger's special show about divorce & children by calling them in the voice of Daniel Tiger to allay the correspondent's fears about hosting the show.

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ANAAl TIL that Dr. John Gueriguian, a medical reviewer at the FDA, warned about the toxic effects of Rezulin, but after the company developing the drug complained, he was removed and his review was deleted by FDA. Rezulin ended up killing dozens of people and resulted in hundreds of liver toxicities.
O4Vg TIL that for hundreds of years, “Computer” was a job title for a person who did math problems all day.
BgyD TIL that, in 2009, Wikipedia banned the Church of Scientology from editing any articles
16pNV TIL Take Our Daughters To Work Day started nationally in 1993 to provide girls an opportunity to see real world role models. The program expanded focus to include sons in 2003.
VMm5B TIL that famed composer of musicals (i.e. Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and Evita) Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote his first full-length musical at age 17.