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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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QJA5d TIL that during World War II, the US Navy’s Third Fleet and Fifth Fleet were largely composed of the same ships. The change in Fleet numbers was used to designate which Admiral was in command at the time ( Halsey or Spruance) and to make the Japanese think there were twice as many ships.
78ER7 TIL that in 1984, British Railways deliberately crashed a train carrying nuclear fuel to prove its safety.
6EmMJ TIL that the Turkish word for a turkey bird means "India," the Hindi word means "Turkey," the Portuguese word means "Peru," Khmer and Scottish Gaelic call it a "French chicken," Malay calls it a "Dutch chicken," and various dialects of Arabic call it a Roman, Greek, or Ethiopian chicken.
OGBje TIL That the skeletons in the pool scene in Poltergeist were real human skeletons.
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