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TIL that George R. R. Martin was a writer and producer on the 1980’s TV series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman

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nKL7 TIL Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the anti-Taliban forces, warned of an imminent, large-scale attack against the USA in April 2001. He was assassinated on September 9, 2001. John O'Neill, referring to the assassination, said “We’re due for something big”. He died one day later on September 11, 2001.
4dL5 TIL there is something called “the small penis rule” that authors use to avoid libel lawsuits: if a character is described as having a small penis, no one will want to sue and say the character is based on them.
pYJlA TIL people tape tennis balls to the back of their pajamas to prevent snoring
Me600 TIL Over 90 percent of Mexico’s businesses are “microenterprises,” small-scale operations with workers or owners completely dependent on each day’s earnings. During the pandemic, Mexico City’s food mercados remain open, taco stands serve customers, and mariachis still come out, in order to survive
QNvgL TIL about Operation Meetinghouse, the deadliest bombing raid in history. On March 10, 1945, U.S. bombers dropped incendiary bombs on Tokyo, resulting in the deaths of over 100,000 people and the destruction of 267,171 buildings. This raid was even more destructive than the atomic bombing