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TIL that Nickelodeon’s green slime earned its nickname “GAK” after the street name for heroine due to the crew of “Double Dare!”’s recreational drug usage.

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epkM4 TIL that the arbitrary decision decades ago about the heights of high hurdles and distance between the hurdles created a small band of heights of males that could actually compete at a high level in the event. The women's hurdles are shorter relative to their height, and don't have the same effect.
p8gE4 TIL Janet Jackson was banned from MTV, VH1, and the Grammy's when Justin Timberlake tore her top on stage, but he was not.
N9RJ TIL the US Navy exploded several 500 ton shots of TNT in Hawaii during 1965 to determine the damage caused by nuclear weapons without radiation risks. The craters left behind are inland but connected to the Pacific ocean underground.
5YQNk TIL Liquid cremation an alternative to using flame to cremate bodies liquid chemicals heat and pressure are used to basically dissolve the body.
Z8GjG TIL about the two-week long lion-hyena war over disputed territory in Ethiopia during 1999, where lions killed 35 hyenas and hyenas managed to kill six lions, with the lions eventually taking over the territory.