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TIL Fred Rogers was committed to racial diversity, and not long after inner-city riots erupted following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, Rogers introduced the character of a black police officer keeping everyone safe in the neighborhood.

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woeA6 TIL Humans can track scents and can improve with practice
wooM7 TIL about the Ibadan forest of horror, in which peoples bodyparts were harvested to be sold for ritual sacrifice.
4XBrX TIL there is a volcano in Colorado which is likely to become active again---Dotsero, beside Interstate 70, last erupted only 4,200 years ago.
nexKb TIL: Bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour and often consume their body weight in insects every night
JYLak TIL human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count and the rest are microscopic colonists