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TIL that all of Mr Roger's sweaters that he wore on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood were knitted by his mother, Nancy McFeely Rogers

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epZN6 TIL a King Penguin has served in the Norwegian Army's King's Guard since 1972 and the current feathered serviceman, Sir Nils Olav III, holds the rank of Major General.
W7j8X TIL that Japan's most luxurious car the Century has not been positioned and marketed as a sign of wealth or excess. Marketing literature states roughly that, "the Century is acquired through persistent work, the kind that is done in a plain but formal suit."
PYdYw TIL Alaska is the most Northern, Western and Eastern American state.
j6xKR TIL in 1916 Germany set off one of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever in New York harbour, killing four and damaging the Statue of Liberty
NX01N TIL there is a twelve step group like AA for poor people called Underearners Anonymous