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TIL Bill Nye got his name after appearing on a show and hearing host saying “jiggawatt”. He corrected Keister on his pronunciation of the word “gigawatt”, and the nickname was born when Keister responded, “Who do you think you are—Bill Nye the Science Guy?”

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