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Is there any real-world historical bqckground for the “law of surprise” tradition shown in The Witcher?

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People always talk about the effect that TV had on the 1960 Presidential election. But did lack of TV, particularly among poor whites in places like Texas and Georgia, lead to those states voting for Kennedy out of party loyalty to the Democrats, unaware of his pro-civil rights platform?

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Is there any real-world historical bqckground for the “law of surprise” tradition shown in The Witcher?	485
People always talk about the effect that TV had on the 1960 Presidential election. But did lack of TV, particularly among poor whites in places like Texas and Georgia, lead to those states voting for Kennedy out of party loyalty to the Democrats, unaware of his pro-civil rights platform?	6