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TIL that in 1982 Jack Black appeared in a video game TV ad for Activision's Pitfall!

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v1GB4 TIL that as a marketing and publicity stunt three copies of a John Otway single in 1979 were pressed without a vocal track. Purchasers of the 'instrumental' copies would 'win' a live performance of the song by Otway in their own living room, while they played the record on their home stereo.
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OK8L TIL that the most complex chinese character has 62 strokes and is called biáng, a type of noodle dish.
Nyp6 TIL there is actually a law in Arizona called the “Stupid Motorist Law”
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