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TIL “Gibby” from the television show iCarly now produces rap music under the name “NoxiK”

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0Q15 TIL the nickname ‘Skip’ identifies someone who has the same first name as their grandparent but not their parent, essentially 'skipping’ a generation.
QWVp TIL that in 1958 the U.S. Air Force lost a 7,600 lb hydrogen bomb off the coast of Georgia. It’s still there.
MlmK TIL there was a crazy theory that the half-brother of Japan’s first Shogun survived the Shogun’s wrath after being seen as a political threat, and escaped to Mongolia. There he settled and changed his name to Genghis Khan.
PkmE TIL that Otto von Bismarck predicted that European politics will break 20 years after his death. He also predicted that the war will “come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.”
Z6kG TIL the US Navy built a replica ship in the middle of New York City during World War One to boost recruitment. It was staffed by a full crew who stood guard, slept on board and manned wooden guns. It helped enlist 25,000 men.