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TIL There was another game show called Double Dare. Hosted by Alex Trebek & airing on CBS, it pitted two contestants in booths attempting to identify something based on one-sentence clues. The champion would then face 3 PhDs(named Spoilers) in a bonus round. It lasted for 4 months from '76-'77.

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5YBRR TIL that the infamous RMS Titanic had a near-identical sister ship called Olympic, nicknamed "Old Reliable", that was re-commissioned in WWI as a troop transport ship and was notable for having carried over 200,000 troops during the war and sinking a German u-boat by ramming into it head-on
KLNJ TIL the world record for fastest 1-mile run by a 5-year-old is 6:33.
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rNkbe TIL that the largest cavalry charge in history happened at the Turkish seige of Vienna. Commanded and led by the King of Poland, 18,000 German and Polish horsemen charged at the Turkish line, destroying the invading Ottoman army. The battle is thought to have ended the Islamic invasion of Europe.