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TIL that Gary Larson creator of the Far Side comic has started making new Far Side comics since his retirement back in ‘95!

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loeGa TIL Between 1912 and 1948, the Olympic Games awarded medals in sculpture, music, painting, and architecture.After a heated debate in the post-war years, the competitions were scrapped. John Copley of Britain won one of the final medals at age 73 for his painting named "Polo Players".
OomRX TIL Pronoia is the opposite of paranoia. A paranoid person thinks everyone in conspiring against him or her, whereas a pronoid person thinks everything is secretly conspiring to help him or her.
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