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TIL the reason Mr. Rogers said out loud he was feeding his fish was because a visually disabled fan wrote in and said she was worried about the fish.

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Q5Je TIL Beluga Whales have been known to mimic human speech, even tricking a group of divers by issuing an “out of the water” order.
6985m TIL that if all the world’s bacteria were laid end-to-end, they would reach 10 billion light-years in length. However, at 75 times thinner than a human hair, it would still be invisible to the naked eye. The length could wrap the Milky Way more than 20,000 times, creating a 2cm wide visible ribbon.
e0EDb TIL That one of the only top government officials who opposed Japanese internment during World War II was...J. Edgar Hoover.
mxX9E TIL Compared with hunter-gatherers, industrialized peoples’ intestines have fewer kinds of microbes—and are missing at least one major group of ancient bacteria. Yet even with all of these extra microbes, hunter-gatherers have fewer gut ailments, such as Crohn’s disease, colitis, and colon cancer.
9mJB TIL that, in the NHL, if a team’s starting and backup goalie are injured during a game, rule 5.3 allows almost anybody to suit up in net as a replacement (including from the crowd). Examples have included a team video producer and an embroidery shop owner (who dressed but did not play).