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TIL that Yoko Ono and The Emperor of Japan Akihito were classmates.

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GQgG TIL that Nickelodeon’s green slime earned its nickname “GAK” after the street name for heroine due to the crew of “Double Dare!”’s recreational drug usage.
bnD7 TIL that every year in the greek town of Vrontados, two rival church congregations perform a “Rocket War” by firing tens of thousands of home-made rockets across town, with the objective of hitting the bell tower of the church of the other side.
wGMY TIL that although the U.S. carpet bombing of Laos and Cambodia killed tens of thousands of people, it was officially denied for over 30 years
Gl14 TIL: There is no causal link between sugar and hyperactivity in children. One study found that the perception by parents regarding their children’s hyperactivity depended on their belief as to whether they had been given sugar.
AAZl TIL that in 2009 a Chinese boy became addicted to drinking petrol in order to become a Transformer.