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Did You Know?: President Reagan is the only U.S. President whose inauguration has ever conflicted with Super Bowl Sunday. He was inaugurated, for his second term, on Sunday, January 20, 1985 in a private ceremony at the White House. [Read in Browser]( [How-To Geek]() December 21, 2022 Did You Know? President Reagan is the only U.S. President whose inauguration has ever conflicted with Super Bowl Sunday. He was inaugurated, for his second term, on Sunday, January 20, 1985 in a private ceremony at the White House. 💻 Big Day for Mozilla Happy Wednesday! Mozilla announced it will [start its own Mastodon server]( in early 2023. The company also just [fixed an 18-year-old bug in Firefox]( — that’s quite the to-do list backlog. 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