Today I learned that in the 2000’s, the people in charge of Sesame Street’s budget wanted the show to have 25 episodes per season, but the show’s staff insisted upon doing 26 episodes per season so that each letter of the alphabet would be the letter of the day for one episode.

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TIL about Pevensey Castle a medieval British castle built on top of a Roman Fort which last saw active military use in 1940 when hidden machine gun posts were added to allow it to better serve the same function it had for the past 1650 years: guarding against a landing by enemies on the cost.

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TIL the Wall Street bombing on September 16, 1920, that killed 38 and injured over 300 has never been solved. A 17-year-old broke into a parked car and was able to transport 30 people to the hospital. The bombing spurred police and federal investigators to track foreign radicals and expand the BOI.

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TIL about Congenital Hyperinsulinism where a child’s pancreas produces too much insulin and in severe cases doctors choose to give the child diabetes type 3c in later life by removing most of the pancreas

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Today I learned that in the 2000’s, the people in charge of Sesame Street’s budget wanted the show to have 25 episodes per season, but the show’s staff insisted upon doing 26 episodes per season so that each letter of the alphabet would be the letter of the day for one episode.

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Today I learned that in the 2000’s, the people in charge of Sesame Street’s budget wanted the show to have 25 episodes per season, but the show’s staff insisted upon doing 26 episodes per season so that each letter of the alphabet would be the letter of the day for one episode.

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TIL about Pevensey Castle a medieval British castle built on top of a Roman Fort which last saw active military use in 1940 when hidden machine gun posts were added to allow it to better serve the same function it had for the past 1650 years: guarding against a landing by enemies on the cost.

TIL the Wall Street bombing on September 16, 1920, that killed 38 and injured over 300 has never been solved. A 17-year-old broke into a parked car and was able to transport 30 people to the hospital. The bombing spurred police and federal investigators to track foreign radicals and expand the BOI.

TIL about Congenital Hyperinsulinism where a child’s pancreas produces too much insulin and in severe cases doctors choose to give the child diabetes type 3c in later life by removing most of the pancreas

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TIL about Pevensey Castle a medieval British castle built on top of a Roman Fort which last saw active military use in 1940 when hidden machine gun posts were added to allow it to better serve the same function it had for the past 1650 years: guarding against a landing by enemies on the cost.

C+A – Truckstop Addiction [alternative rock]

What are some modern movies that seem to have just been totally forgotten?