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TIL that Chadwick Boseman wrote a play in 2005 called Deep Azure. It was written in lyrical verse and focused on a young black woman dealing with an eating disorder in the wake of her fiance's death. Boseman turned it into a screenplay in 2008, and wanted to eventually direct it.

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LkyDr TIL that one of the earliest instances of Phreaking, (hacking into telephone lines,) was discovered via blowing a Captain Crunch toy whistle into a phone line. This toy , coincidentally, rang at 2600 Hz, which is the exact tone that At&T used to determine that a caller had hung up.
d9Wd TIL that Chuck Palahniuk’s grandfather killed his wife and children before turning the shotgun on himself. Chuck’s father hid under the bed and was the only survivor, but was later murdered by his girlfriend’s ex-husband.
DQYwe TIL that the Incans genetically modified and hybridized crops such as potatoes at sites like the Moray Terrace.
JY99j TIL in ww2, Operation Cobra was the concentrated aerial bombardment of German positions in Normanby by 1000s of Allied aircraft. Unfortunately, the bombs also killed 111 allied troops, and wounded 490. But it did lead to the loss of the German position in northwestern France.
E1ard TIL when taking an oath of office, Kentucky officials have to swear they've never fought a duel with deadly weapons.