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TIL during the development of Space Harrier, the president of SEGA insisted that if the graphics were done, a game was ready for release. To properly finish the game, the lead designer rigged a secret switch to the bottom of his desk that would mess up the colors whenever giving a demonstration.

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ZOmY TIL Less well-known to foreigners, Camilo Cienfuegos is revered in Cuba as a hero of the Revolution, with monuments, memorials, and an annual celebration in his honour, where school children throughout Cuba throw flowers into the sea. He went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1959.
yeZv TIL of Rachel Hoffman, a 23-y.o. college grad who was murdered in a drug sting gone wrong. After being caught with 5 oz. of weed & 4 ecstasy pills, she was forced to try buying $13k of coke, ecstasy, & a gun.
5Vo5P TIL scientists didn’t use real blood to test absorbency of menstrual products, such as pads, until 2023. Up until then, a saline solution was the default method.
KON8E TIL your hair will stop growing after a certain point because of these reasons
ADvNd TIL of Pierre-Simon Laplace, often referred to as the French Newton, he is credited with translating the geometric study of classical mechanics to one based on calculus. Laplace was one of the first scientists to propose the existence of black holes and the theory of gravitational collapse.