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TIL that RollerCoaster Tycoon was developed by a single person using the most low-level programming language (Assembly) and it still was so bug-free it never required the release of a patch

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woAkP TIL that in 1992, British actor Rowan Atkinson (as Mr. Bean) and singer Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden released "(I Want to Be) Elected," a cover of Alice Cooper's single "Elected," in support of the British charity Comic Relief.
xVY4B TIL that in Tongan mythology the God Tafakula defeated his enemy gods by straddling an island. He then bent over, to show his anus, which shone brightly like the sun, scaring off the other gods.
E1Opd TIL that 'Killing Season' (or 'July Effect' in USA) is a period of increased medical complications due to graduate doctors beginning residency.
dDY4d TIL before working together in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Alan Ruck and Matthew Broderick had acted together in the Broadway production of Biloxi Blues. Cameron's "Mr. Peterson" voice was Ruck's in-joke imitation of their former director Gene Saks.
paPZ TIL there’s a website that catalogs people with different accents reading the same story in English… and you can access them for free!