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TIL the “Double Dare” host and crew “laughed their asses off” when Nickelodeon marketed “Gak” toy slime (named after the “Double Dare” crew’s nickname for their show’s ever-present slime) as the word “gak” was actually a street term for heroin.

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mxjQp TIL that the the concept of "zero" was invented by a 6th century Indian mathematician named Aryabhata. He also theorized on the relativity of motion, worked on the approximation of π, and correctly advocated an astronomical model in which the Earth turns on its own axis
6wLw TIL of 1177 BC: The year that civilization collapsed. In a short period of time all empires along the Mediterranean collapsed violently;including the Egyptian, Hittite, and Mycenaean empires.Almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world was destroyed, and historians don’t know why
4XlZg TIL about "Kryptos", a sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA composed of a matrix of letters cut into metal. It was installed 30 years ago, and contains an encrypted riddle that remains unsolved.
Eg05d TIL the male member of Boney M died on the same date and in the same city as Rasputin, the subject/title of the groups international hit.
Y7RmZ TIL, On March 30, 2023, Non-Licensed DoorDash driver Latrell Katherine, was out making a delivery when he ran over 35-year-old Tesa Steele, who was walking home from work and crossing the street when she was hit.