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TIL that the "Heidi Game" refers to when NBC prematurely cut away from their broadcast of a 1968 US pro football game to show the film Heidi; in the game's final seconds, the Raiders scored two touchdowns to beat the Jets. The TV audience had no idea about the surprise outcome.

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