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TIL in the 1960s savory Jell-O molds became a fad

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v1ZVK TIL the Keyboard Cat meme video, though uploaded to youtube in 2007, was actually recorded in 1984
p80XA TIL There was an (in)famous red light district in Boston. It was called: the Combat Zone.
4Yrb TIL during a Space Shuttle launch abort in 1984, leaking hydrogen was causing a fire invisible to human eyes. If the astronauts had evacuated according to the emergency procedure, they would have been incinerated by it.
b6Wl0 TIL millipedes are not entirely harmless. They secrete a fluid that contains poisonous toxins to the human skin and can cause chemical burns when handled with bare hands.
yQEdM TIL that after the monarchy was restored in Britain, King Charles II had Oliver Cromwell's corpse exhumed and beheaded. The head which was put on a stick outside Westminster Hall fell down during a storm and was retrieved by a nearby guard who stole the head and hid it up a chimney.