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1aknd TIL Buddy Holly's pregnant wife María Elena learned about his tragic death from a news report and suffered a miscarriage shortly after due to the psychological trauma.
a8rVb TIL that the director of the last 4 Harry Potter movies (David Yates) is former Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott's uncle.
l7oG1 TIL that overuse of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) can cause spinal cord injury by inactivating vitamin B12. Numbness, weakness, and even sexual dysfunction are common symptoms. Taking B12 preventatively before nitrous use is ineffective as no matter how much B12 is present, it is all ‘turned off’.
LQrDd TIL Taking a double dose of Plan B if overweight does not make it more effective.
E1Xbd TIL Paddy Chayefsky, author of cult film 'Network', was hugely successful in the 50s but by the 70s was out of work, forgotten, and suicidal. The legendary 'Mad as Hell' speech was his own personal thoughts, and reflected his own view of the world at that time.