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TIL Hard man actor Vin Diesel has played Dungeons & Dragons for over 20 years, and wrote the foreword for the commemorative book 30 Years of Adventure: A Celebration of Dungeons & Dragons.

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R75p1 TIL that BMW ran an advertisement on April Fools Day 2015 that read "April Fool's Day Special - Come with any old car and receive a brand new BMW". One woman turned up with her old Nissan and got a brand new BMW with the number plate "NOF00L"
wQLP TIL Dogs can recognize when we are mad, and intentionally don’t make eye contact with an angry human. They also do their best to calm us down.
nWvXG TIL that Charles V, at the height of his reign, controlled Spain, southern Italy, the Holy Roman Empire, Burgundy, and Spanish America. This was the first empire to called "the empire on which the sun never sets".
kvmE TIL in 2006, David Copperfield used slight of hand to trick armed robbers into believing he had nothing even though he was carrying his passport, wallet, and cellphone.
N7QV8 TIL ancient folklore saved several native tribes during the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami (death toll 230,000). While many locals and tourists ventured curiously into the receding waters, the natives fled, citing "huge shaking of ground followed by high wall of water"