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TIL the first Alien movie was originally going to end with the alien winning

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kOXQ4 TIL George Carlin recorded an HBO special on Sept 9 and 10, 2001 entitled ‘I Kinda Like It When A Lotta People Die.’
4Xww TIL that the United States’ only native parrot species, the Carolina Parakeet, went extinct in 1918 because they were deemed as pests by farmers and as lovely decorations for ladies’ hats.
JYknQ TIL that in 2008, a stamp was issued by the country of Albania to honor John Belushi, who was of Albanian heritage
75nO TIL that “The Hound” is the same man responsible for the word “Yarp”. Actor Rory McCann played both Sandor “The Hound” Clegane in “Game of Thrones”, and Michael “Lurch” Armstrong the stock-boy/henchman in “Hot Fuzz”.
m1JxE TIL about Vis-O-Matic the pre-internet online shopping service of the 1950s