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TIL that Nixon extended the Vietnam War for political gain

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W79kL TIL that NBC had another sitcom in the works at the same time as Seinfeld also named for its main actor called Ann Jillian that scored better with test audiences than Seinfeld's pilot episode and NBC executives gave a full season order. It was canceled after just one season.
0wmyA TIL about "Ludonarrative dissonance," which is a term used to describe when a video game's narrative conflicts with its gameplay. As an example, in BioShock, the theme of self-interest comes through its gameplay while promoting the opposing theme of selflessness through its narrative.
4kopa TIL There were twenty-six issues of Detective Comics that preceded the debut of Batman in 1939. Three covers portray Asian characters in an unflattering manner, including Mr Chang and the villainous Ching Lung
R7VV6 TIL of the murder of Henryk Siwiak. It's the only recorded homicide in New York on September the 11th, 2001, as the city does not include the deaths from the attacks in the official crime statistics; the murder remains unsolved.
aVaM TIL that in 1984, two tennis players had a 29-minute, 643-shot RALLY. It remains the longest in professional tennis history to this day.