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b94BQ TIL The PBS kids show, Arthur, is the longest-running children's animated series in the U.S., and the second longest-running animated series in the U.S., behind The Simpsons. PBS is still putting out new episodes, and 23 seasons in total have been produced and aired since 1996.
e0odL TIL that the Red Bull energy drink was originally invented by a duck farmer from Thailand as a hangover cure (called Krathing Daeng in Thai) before being bought over by Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz who discovered it on a business trip in 1987.
LkJ4d TIL that Massachusetts, one of the least obese states to begin with, is one of the only states in the Union to report a drop in obesity rates within the past few years.
oRAGE TIL that the crew of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood rarely talked to Fred off set and "mercilessly made fun of him behind his back". Some of the crew would also go into the studio before shows when Fred was rehearsing with the puppets, in order to ask his puppets for advice, which Fred gave them.
womOo TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, a dental technician. The game gained such immense popularity that Teuber eventually retired from his profession to pursue game designing full-time. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year award a total of four times