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TIL that the funky Sesame Street segment known as “Pinball Number Count” which counts to 12 by following the journey of a pinball was created in 1976 and featured The Pointer Sisters.

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P1kpG TIL that the .nu top-level domain, intended for the country of Niue, is currently managed by the Swedish Internet Foundation. The government of Niue is in legal proceedings to reclaim ownership of the domain.
Xp6E TIL the Robertson Boys(from ‘Duck Dynasty’) were golf-playing, clean-shaven, and dressed in polos and khakis before they became famous.
KOwWR TIL that the scream before the guitar solo in the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" was used to overdub Dave Davies telling his brother Ray to "fuck off."
jNv6a TIL: Earth Trojans orbit the Sun in the same path as the Earth, just ahead or just behind us; they might have been traveling with us for thousands or millions of years
KDY4 TIL President Nixon once described Timothy Leary as “the most dangerous man in America”, simply because he was an advocate of psychedelic drugs.