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TIL that "Texas" is slang for "crazy" in Norway.

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wLko7 TIL George R.R. Martin made Game of Thrones show creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff correctly guess the identity of Jon Snow's mother before he allowed them to adapt his novels
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