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TIL that, on the 90s show "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" the powder thrown on the fire to make it roar was Coffee-Mate. This is demonstrated in the Hulu documentary "The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story"

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kOW5E TIL that the earliest explosion ever detected is a Gamma-ray burst from 13 billion years ago. At this point in time the universe was only 6% of its current age. It is likely to be an explosion of an early star. The light of this burst passed the earth in 2005.
Ykr TIL in the 60s female track athletes were required to be examined naked to verify their sex.
YB9Z TIL that Oreo cookies are actually the knock-off brand of another company, Hydrox.
9YM8p TIL Alabama has a higher human development index than Italy - if Alabama were a country it would rank as 28th most developed in the world, contrary to its reputation as an undeveloped region of the United States.
8awya TIL the actor originally cast as Charlie in Charlie's Angels was drunk and couldn't record his lines. The show's creator called John Forsythe last minute, he recorded the lines for the first episode in the middle of the night, then went back to bed. He kept that role for 5 years.