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TIL that DOS (as in MSDOS of Microsoft Windows) was originally an acronym for "Dirty Operating System"

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wo8KE TIL That the serial killer John Wayne Gacy had a Diet Coke with his final meal before being executed.
60vW TIL a Cleveland Browns fan requested six Cleveland Browns pallbearers at his funeral so “the Browns [could] let him down one last time”
wNB7 TIL that due to a law passed in 1953, it is illegal in Ohio to arrest a person on Sunday, on the Fourth of July, or on your way to a place of worship, unless the crime is a felony, treason, or is a breach of peace.
Me9kb TIL that Dracula (1930) was also filmed in Spanish with a different cast and crew - and is considered by some to be better than the original
E1Xbd TIL Paddy Chayefsky, author of cult film 'Network', was hugely successful in the 50s but by the 70s was out of work, forgotten, and suicidal. The legendary 'Mad as Hell' speech was his own personal thoughts, and reflected his own view of the world at that time.