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TIL Game of Thrones is written in DOS using WordStar 4.0

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loxOr TIL when Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash, his pregnant wife heard the news on television and suffered a miscarriage as a result. Since then, it became policy to notify family of tragedy before names became public.
5VMgn TIL that, in the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War, a group of West Virginia coal miners fought local and federal authorities at the Battle of Blair mountain in 1921 and were even bombed with gas and gunpowder.
VJdB TIL that Swedish and Scandanavian dress up as witches and go door to door asking for candy…on Easter.
P1Yw TIL Shaq is working toward his doctorate, with a capstone titled “The Duality of Humor and Aggression in Leadership Styles”
bKL9 TIL The first recorded instance of a man “giving no fucks” was George Tucker in 1790. Writing about his son’s bookish tendencies, his poem says “I’d not give a fuck for all you’ve read”.