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TIL that the ‘Red Wedding’ in Game Of Thrones was actually based on a real similar event commonly known as 'The Black Dinner Of 1440’

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GY8NE TIL in 1988, musician Philly Lutaaya became the first prominent Ugandan to openly declare he was HIV positive. Many received his declaration with skepticism, the press claiming it was just a publicity stunt to promote sales of his records. He is now considered a national hero for his AIDS activism.
XkPD TIL that Social Media has overtaken Porn as the #1 activity on the web since 2008
0wB71 TIL That Punxsutawney Phil (the season predicting groundhog) is allegedly immortal from drinking the secret “elixir of life”, at the groundhog picnic each year. His wife, Phyllis does not receive the elixir and is not immortal
rwB1 TIL that the largest stadium in the world, Rŭngnado May First Stadium, is located in Pyongyang, North Korea. In the late 90’s it was used as a venue to publicly burn several army generals that were implicated in an assassination attempt on Kim Jong-Il.
work8 TIL some copies of the Toy Story 2 DVD sold at Costco in 2000 accidentally contained a scene in the middle of the film from High Fidelity where the word “fuck” was used twice.