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TIL Reading Rainbow, backed by Lamar Burton himself will be making a huge comeback as an iPad app to get kids hooked on books again.

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VMWOQ TIL that Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend" was the first YouTube music video to reach 100 million views, doing so back in 2008
0dRkp TIL of William E. Boeing who dropped out of Yale University in 1903. Boeing founded the United Aircraft & Transport Corp. but in 1934, the Air Mail Act was passed. Boeing was forced to break his company up into 3 separate entities which included 'Boeing' and 'United Airlines.'
4V0g TIL that in 1998, Bill Gates earned $1 million per hour (and almost $300 per second).
eMeE TIL Palomar Observatory representatives have managed to persuade the city councils of San Diego and its neighboring communities to light their streets with low-pressure sodium lamps in order to reduce light pollution for their astronomers
Za8a TIL a common medical procedure for people with severe brain injuries is to have part of their skull stored in their stomach temporarily while the brain heals