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TIL there's a D&D game that's been going on for 40 years. The Dungeon Master became a history professor so he could craft more believable worlds for his game.

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DQe8p TIL Richard Patrick, lead singer of Filter, was an original touring guitarist for NIN and has an older brother Robert, aka T1000
OXJ4 TIL Stephen Colbert’s father and two older brothers died in a plane crash because the cockpit crew became distracted from talking while landing the plane. A few years later, the FAA created the ‘Sterile Cockpit Rule,’ prohibiting staff from engaging in non-essential conversation once below 10,000 ft
vPNWr TIL: Internet joke ‘Boaty McBoatface’ was commemorated on a 50p coin
yQpLX TIL about negativity bias: negative things have a greater impact on your psychological state than positive things, and your amount of negativity bias impacts your perceptions and preferences.
jNBla TIL the Pokéwalker, a toy step-counter bundled with the 2010 Nintendo DS games Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver is one of the most accurate step-counters ever made.