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TIL that a usually reserved Mr. Rogers found Eddie Murphy’s parody of Mister Rogers Neighborhood, titled Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood, both hilarious and touching.

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grxV4 TIL there was a British plan during WWIl to seal up soldiers in a hidden Gibraltar bunker so they could observe German military movements even if Gibraltar was captured.
jNpQM Today I learned Shepherd's Pie is made with minced lamb or mutton, while one with minced beef is properly called a cottage pie.
0O7R TIL that after getting fired in 1996, Timothy Lloyd, an 11-year employee of OMEGA, planted a hacking “time bomb” within the firm’s computer systems that deleted the firm’s main operating software two weeks after his lay-off, making the firm lose over $10 million and fire 80 employees.
ONlR TIL In the Battle of Longewala,1971, India consisting of just 120 soldiers and a few jets defeated pakistan which had 2000 troops and 45 tanks.Only 2 indian soldiers were killed while 200+ pakistani soldiers died.
VBMw8 TIL the cult 1960s animated TV show Roger Ramjet made history as the first animated series to ever be given a home video release, when it was released in 1972 on the short-lived "Cartrivision" format.