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TIL that Colossal Cave Adventure, released in 1976, is the first well-known example of both interactive fiction and adventure games.

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KOlw4 TIL when Robin Wright showed up at Rob Reiner's house to meet William Goldman, the door opened and "[Wright] was standing there in this little white summer dress, with her long blonde hair, and she had a halo from the sun. She was backlit by God. And Bill Goldman… said, 'Well, that's what I wrote.'"
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NXVE TIL The Vatican’s chief astronomer has stated there is no conflict between believing in God and in the possibility of extraterrestrial “brothers” perhaps more evolved than humans.
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