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TIL that in 1980 a tabletop RPG based on the TV show "Dallas" was created. It was not successful.

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Wr8 TIL that the Hipster Barista from the eponymous meme IS actually a barista. He isn’t happy about it either: “I do find it discouraging and disappointing that there was so much exposure brought to an attempt at making a joke of a culinary industry and the professional barista”
rNaGe TIL the bizantines had to deal with a whale that attacked ships in the Bosporus Strait for 50 years
RyEj TIL Purple is not considered a color in the visible spectrum, due to it not being a single wavelength color, much like white
m0xo TIL staunch Republican actor John Wayne sent an angry letter to Ronald Reagan in 1972 accusing him of spreading falsehoods about the Carter treaty with Panama to return the Canal. “I’ll show you point by goddamn point in the treaty where you are misinforming people.”
e00nn TIL of the Ayam Cemani. A rare chicken breed with a gene that causes hyperpigmentation giving the chicken entirely black feathers, flesh, organs, and even bones.