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TIL that Vin Diesel, Moby, Stephen Colbert, Mike Myers, and Robin Williams all played Dungeons and Dragons. Vin Diesel, Mike Myers, and Robin Williams even participated in the 2006 Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Game Day.

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