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TIL In addition to the fictional 555 telephone prefix, there also exists a recurring fake license plate number for use in TV/movies: 2GAT123

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dDDZQ TIL about the Nizari Ismaili state, better known as the hashashin. A religious state founded by Hassan-I sabbah who waged a war against the Seljuk empire using assassination and guerilla warfare before the state was destroyed by the mongols.
754X TIL a “blue discharge” was a form of administrative military discharge issued by the U.S. from 1916-1947. Neither honorable nor dishonorable, the blue discharge became the discharge of choice for commanders seeking to remove homosexual service members from the ranks.
Y7ZOr TIL that while attending an Orchestra Manoeuvers In The Dark concert at SXSW Patrick Fagerberg was hit on the head by a 400-pound camera boom after it fell on the audience. Fagerberg developed Savant syndrome from the accident and became a professional painter.
XEVJQ TIL there are still people that speak Aramaic, or the language actually spoken by Jesus Christ, about 500,000 speakers are left worldwide.
78QYr TIL certain anti-Depression medications had to be labeled with “suicidal thoughts” after kids, teens, and young adults who were taking these medications had motivation to harm themselves after taking them.