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TIL a group of developers spent 8 years recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.

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78ngr TIL in 1991, a man broke into the Florida State Capitol. His demands included pizza, beer, cigarettes, Chinese food, and marijuana. He also requested 666 donuts for the police and phone calls with Ice Cube, Timothy Leary. Although none of his demands were met, the standoff ended peacefully.
eQJk TIL The Joker has committed more individual acts of murder than any other villain in the DC universe. His body count is topped only by some extremely powerful supervillains who have laid waste to cities full of people at once.
16nyr TIL about the death of Poltergeist actress Dominique Dunne. She was strangled into a coma by her ex-boyfriend and passed away 5 days later. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served just three and a half years in prison.
QJYL9 TIL the reason people with ADHD tend to experience sleep-related issues is because we have a different circadian rhythm than neurotypicals. Since society revolves around the 11pm-7am sleep cycle, folks with ADHD are forced to adapt to a foreign sleep schedule and are often more tired because of it.
AErB TIL that some women have orgasms during childbirth.