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TIL that Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh (released November 26, 1996) was the first commercially released video game to feature a canonically queer protagonist. The game’s protagonist Curtis Craig, was an openly bisexual man navigating trauma, a corporate job, and supernatural horror.

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NX5rN TIL of the Chain De Puys, a group of relatively active volcanoes in mainland France that last erupted about 5000 years ago. Before they were identified as volcanoes, geologists originally believed they were giant piles of Ancient Roman mining waste.
rNBPy TIL in the audio universe, AM/FM radio is still by far the top medium in the US with a monthly reach of 91% of adults (18+). Followed by YouTube Music with 29% and Spotify with 25%.
5YY9p TIL that in 1774 colonial Americans had the highest standard of living on earth and paid an average of 1.5% in taxes
mPlP TIL the 1964 Hollywood War Spectacular ‘The Battle of the Bulge’ was so historically inaccurate, that President Dwight D Eisenhower came out of retirement and held a press conference just to denounce the film.
e0GKD TIL Bear Grylls survived a free fall from 16,000 feet after his parachute failed to deploy