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TIL Game of Thrones is written in DOS using WordStar 4.0

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8a97K TIL that Leah Betts, a girl that made headlines after dying from taking a single ecstasy pill, didn’t actually die directly from taking the drug, but instead from drinking 7 litres of water in 90 minutes. Ecstasy causes water retention, making even slightly high water consumption fatal.
Dvmr TIL movies for Portal and Half Life have been announced
XZrQ TIL that in 1939 Hitler’s nephew wrote an article called “Why I Hate My Uncle”
J1Ab1 TIL Chocolate eggs first appeared in 1725 and Cadbury created the first modern Easter egg in 1875 after developing a pure cocoa butter that was moulded into smooth shapes.
R5MP7 TIL Texans Eat Pickles at the Movie Theater, and Many Are Surprised To Learn No One Else Does