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TIL the Queen of England is married to her cousin

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16MP7 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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R5Rk6 TIL - An Italian man from Milan, Xu Xiangshun (his legal Chinese name) ended up in China's countryside when he was around 3 and pretty much adopted the full Chinese peasant lifestyle. He doesn't know any Italian or have a clue about its culture.