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TIL “Slang” is slang for short language

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VBw1D TIL That actress Gates McFadden who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek: TNG" had been an employee of The Jim Henson Company as a Muppeteer and choreographed the classic movie Labyrinth.
9aZG TIL in 2012, a sanctioned penetration test used an attractive woman’s picture on facebook and LinkedIn to compromise the CIA at the highest levels.
W8jB TIL the oldest known person to live, Jeanne Calment, both met Van Gogh and appeared in a movie in 1990.
rdVW TIL woodlice (aka rolly-polies or pillbugs) are not insects but rather a kind of terrestrial crustacean
oROgo TIL A music video was made for Bee Gee's "Night Fever" in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. It shows them singing in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and many places shown no longer exist