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Lkjev TIL David J. Peterson Invented 'Dothraki' & 'Valyrian' Languages in Game of Thrones including Grammar & Phonology, 300pg. Dictionary with Over 1.2M Learners to Date
5YByk TIL that early Americans, specifically the author of the American Dictionary, removed letters they deemed unnecessary (color/colour, neighbor/neighbour) to save money in print publications
LvDm TIL the Rolling Stone review for Abbey Road said, “Surely they must have enough talent and intelligence to do better than this,” calling songs on it “so heavily overproduced that they are hard to listen to.” It was later listed #14 on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums list.
4LMw TIL The Berry case was not Sylvia Browne’s most horrific prediction. “Browne did a reading for [Erica’s] mother, saying she was in water and someone named “Chris” killed her. The following day, Erica’s ex-boyfriend, Chris Mineer, killed himself.”
6EX5Z TIL After North Korea banned Choco pies, South Korea airlifted 10,000 of them across the DMZ with balloons