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  • ... that Fred Rogers' (pictured) congressional testimony was the key reason for the U.S. Supreme Court's television video recording decision in 1983?
  • ... that laboratories in Brazil make ethanol fuel with sugarcane juice?
  • ... that when his grandson was kidnapped, billionaire J. Paul Getty did not want to pay the ransom until it was lower?
  • ... that Kamikaze pilots were not allowed to close their eyes so that they did not miss the target?
  • ... that the Burj Khalifa has the world's highest restaurant, residential space and swimming pool?
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