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TIL that in 2015, the NFL was flooded with complaints from colorblind fans after staging a Bills/Jets game in which the Bills wore all red and the Jets wore all green. It was supposed to be a "Color Rush" game celebrating the 50th anniversary of the NFL's first color transmission.

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