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TIL the term "silk road" was coined in the 19th century and first popularized by a German traveller

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rL1w TIL that “Lego Star Wars the Video Game” contained the entire plot of Revenge of the sith despite being released a month before the movie’s premiere.
DQvre TIL 🐈 Catnip Oil performs better than Deet Against Mosquitos 🦟. It is also has no environmental impact comparatively making it a great natural solution.
a8Q5A TIL Eminem wrote the lyrics for his verse in "Forget About Dre" with the intention that the verse would be performed by Snoop Dogg. However, when Dre heard Em's recorded performance of the verse as "reference vocals" for Snoop, he liked how it sounded, so he kept Eminem on the track. (3:05)
kl85 TIL French poet Gérard de Nerval supposedly took a lobster on walks in the Palais Royal gardens in Paris on the end of a blue silk ribbon, saying “they are peaceful, serious creatures. They know the secrets of the sea, they don’t bark, and they don’t gnaw upon one’s monadic privacy like dogs do.”
J1l5Q TIL in 1973, the US Army made an anti-tank grenade football by hollowing out a Nerf football and filling it with explosive charges. It was thought most American troops were familiar with how to throw a football.