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TIL that the game-opening jingle to Konami's 1981 Sega arcade classic "Frogger" was based on an existing real song INU NO OMAWARISAN (犬のおまわりさん) composed by Yoshimi Satō in 1960.

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a8WDZ TIL that there has been huge interest in the Wim Wenders film Perfect Days after it was nominated for an Academy Award, so they now offer tours of the public toilets in the Shibuya district of Tokyo
grMly TIL during the Titanic's sinking, Lucile Carter and her children was separated from her husband William. When she met him again on the rescue ship Carpathia, "All he said was that he had had a jolly good breakfast and that he never thought I would make it." They divorced less than two years later.
Wwx4 TIL that during the Civil War, Abe let wealthy men pay 300 dollars to avoid the draft. This led to the NYC riots, “the largest civil insurrection in American history, aside from the Civil War itself.”
jnlp TIL Birds’ knees are actually located just under their bodies and covered in feathers. What some believe to be birds’ knees bent backwards are actually their ankles bent normally forwards.
ZWRQ TIL the 1992 Radiohead song “Creep” uses a similar chord progression as “The Air That I Breathe” by The Hollies. Consequently, after winning a plagiarism lawsuit against Radiohead, Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood are credited as co-writers of “Creep”.