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TIL: When the Ocarina of Time was remade for the 3DS, Nintendo purposefully did not fix many of the original game’s bugs, to give players as close an experience to the N64 version as possible.

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VB0gk TIL that the term 'spinster' derives from the profession of spinning and threading yarn in the 1300s, one of the few jobs available to lower-status, unmarried women -- and this term carried no stigma initially
yVjGw TIL that archaeologists routinely find edible honey in ancient Egyptian tombs - the stuff never spoils, due to extremely low water-content, very low pH, and hydrogen peroxide (made by an enzyme in the bees' stomachs). How Cool!
6B4W TIL Greenland has to import Christmas trees because they cannot grow that far north
BkRW TIL the Sydney Opera House is covered in triple-glazed ceramic tiles which make it self-cleaning.
Mwnb TIL in 1970 Billy Joel attempted suicide by drinking nail polish and wrote a suicide note about how he was feeling. He survived, and used the note as the lyrics for his famous song “Tomorrow is Today”, and wrote “You’re Only Human” to help people with depression who are contemplating suicide.