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TIL that beloved movie A Christmas Story was co-written and directed by Bob Clark who is also credited with helping creating the slasher genre by producing and directing the influential 1973 horror film Black Christmas just 9 years prior.

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VM5lB TIL of another game show scandal: In 1988, a fraudster named Kerry Ketchem, competing under the name Patrick Quinn, won $58,000+ on Super Password when a TV viewer watching the show in Anchorage recognized him as a fugitive from a credit card investigation
VM5r0 TIL A government of a country could prosecute someone that results in the loss of civil rights. It is usually inflicted on persons convicted of crimes against the state. This civil death often led to actual death, since anyone could kill and injure a felon with impunity.
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