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TIL that the “SEGA” jingle at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog took up ~ 1/8th of the entire game’s storage size on the cartridge!

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wLEvJ TIL of the "Chicken poop prison" in Thailand. The ceiling of the cells was a grate, and chickens were cared for above the cell. Their droppings were then allowed to drop freely onto the inmate within.
XE5gR TIL about Margaret Hamilton, who not only wrote the code that made the moon landing possible, but also invented the term "software engineer."
MevK8 TIL that in the 1800s, mental asylum staff thought it would be a good idea to add a tall stone lookout tower that mentally ill patients could climb up for 'breathtaking views'. Many patients committed suicide by jumping out the tower's open windows.
8aDAZ TIL The Led Zeppelin song “Dazed and Confused” is originally written by Jake Holmes. Led Zeppelin recorded it in 1969, but didn't credit Holmes. In the 1980’s Holmes approached the band about song writing credit but was ignored. The band didn't respond until 2010 when Holmes filed a lawsuit.
oRJYK TIL the first Mary Poppins book originally had a chapter where Mary and the children travel around the world and meet racially stereotypical people. This chapter was revised in 1967 to make the characters less offensive, and later revised in 1980 so that they were talking animals instead of humans.