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TIL Mr. Rogers’ cardigans were knitted by his mom
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TIL place names in the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo resemble Japanese. This has led scholars to hypothesize a Japonic language related to Japanese was once spoken in Korea.
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TIL FIFA is not solely in charge of making the rules for football (soccer). Instead, FIFA meet with the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to collectively agree any rule changes. This is due to the legacy of the games origins in the United Kingdom.
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TIL that the Swedish Chef’s accent sounds Norwegian to Swedes
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TIL that up until as recently as the 1950’s, candy stripers sold cigarettes to hospital patients in bed
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TIL JK Rowling wrote her first book at age 6, and at age 11, she wrote her first novel, about "seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them."