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TIL That ESPN used to broadcast the card game Magic: The Gathering

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5DDD TIL Frank Sinatra was so pissed off at George Michael for lamenting the “tragedy of fame,” he sent him a letter saying “The tragedy of fame is when no one shows up and you’re singing to the cleaning lady”
m1Vwo TIL our ABO blood group antibodies are due to early minor infections likely from Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae and Influenza virus epitopes.
pYmpO TIL of the Old River Control Structure, meant to prevent the Mississippi River changing course. It if fails, it would cripple the US economy & lead to a global food crisis. Several experts have recommended letting the river shift course naturally to avoid this.
W76W4 TIL Peter Billingsley who played Ralphie in “A Christmas Story” also played the head elf in “Elf”.
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