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TIL That Pete Wentz kept Kidz Bop from singing the Fall Out Boy song “Dance, Dance” because of the sexual overtones to the song.

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D116v TIL Nickelodeon's "Gak" was named by Double Dare crew members during a road show in Philly. At the time, "Gak" was the street term for heroin.
0dX1j Today I learned that General Mills, the cereal company, used to have an electronics division that, in 1953, created the “black box” found in today’s airplanes.
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