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TIL Fred Rogers found "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood," the SNL parody of his own show, to be amusing and affectionate.

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5VYRk TIL A lab in Guangzhou, China breeds infertile mosquitoes in a lab and releases them to slow the spread of diseases like Zika and Malaria.
P1bxJ TIL that the smoking cherub on Van Halen’s album cover for 1984 was an actual kid, and not just artwork!
YgGW TIL After Steve Irwin’s death several stingrays were found mutilated on the beaches of Queensland in what appeared to be revenge killings.
VMd9m TIL that Maillard reaction is responsible for the colours / flavours of french fries, steaks, dumplings, cookies, toasted marshmallows & more. Described first in 1912, it is a chemical reaction b/w amino acids & reducing sugars and based on constituents, it can result in 100s of flavours.
W7MgX TIL The recent restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes of the Sistine Chapel is controversial, with critics saying it destroyed much of the shadows and fine details of the original work.