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TIL That in the game Myth II: Soulblighter, due to a bug in the installer, if the game wasn’t installed into the default directory and instead into a different one, when attempting to uninstall it the uninstaller would delete the computer’s entire hard drive.

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wL7wW TIL of Farley Files, created by Roosevelt's Campaign Manager, James Farley. They were notes about everyone FDR ever met (e.g. spouse's name, hobbies, prior meeting notes). Farley & FDR would review the files prior to any meeting and the effect was powerful and intimate for visitors.
ne5V9 TIL In Die Hard, Alan Rickman’s petrified expression while falling was completely genuine. The stunt team instructed him that they would drop him the 25 feet on the count of 3 but instead dropped him at 1.
EwoV TIL Freddie Mercury spent his last months recording as many vocals as he could for the rest of Queen to finish after his death
R7yQw TIL Sarah Forbes Bonetta was a Yoruba princess from West Africa who was orphaned and enslavved at age 5 by nearby Dahomey invaders who intended to kill her in a human sacrifice. She became Queen Victoria's goddaughter after a British Royal Navy captain convinced Dahomey's King to spare her life
kJnKm TIL of Omar Ibn Said, an enslaved black Muslim scholar from the 18th century. Although his slave owners believed he had converted to Christianity, his autobiography revealed that he was still Muslim. His love for Jesus was interpreted as Christian, when Jesus is also a Muslim Prophet.