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TIL That Stephen King, does not remember ever writing the book “Cujo”

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J74m TIL that the B.I.G. portion of the name The Notorious B.I.G. stood for Business Instead of Game, and upon his death, Books Instead of Guns.
wLRrE TIL Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy's, was adopted when he was just 6 weeks old. His adoptive mother died when he was 5, and he was abused by his adoptive father. Hoping he could find better matches for other children in the future, he founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
edj4 TIL that Ottoman Sultan Murad IV banned coffee, tobacco & alcohol, making consumption a capital offence. He would patrol the streets himself, personally killing offenders. Murad was a habitual drinker himself & died of cirrhosis.
7rM67 TIL that up until the 1970s it was common for people to use a Foot-o-scope to x-ray their feet when shopping for shoes. The practice was discontinued once the risks to radiation were fully realized.
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