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TIL that NES games like Battletoads were made so hard because Nintendo was losing money on video game rentals. If they took a long time to beat, people would have to buy the games instead.

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0Ebp TIL that in 16th century London, a law forbade wife-beating after 9:00pm, but only because the noise disturbed people’s sleep.
1aP8D TIL the Turkmenistan "Door to Hell" is a large crater in the Karakum desert, created by the collapse of a natural gas field. Engineers attempted to burn off the gas for the protection of local villagers, but instead, it has filled the cavern with flame for 50 years, with no end for the near future.
rNakd TIL that the Titanic movie, which has well cemented itself in modern culture, has made less money (nominally) than Avatar 2, a movie I’ve never heard discussed in any conversation even though release 6 months ago.
EgkxW TIL the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written by James Bond author Ian Flemming, and was adapted into a movie with a screenplay written by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory author Roal Dahl.
wZr1 TIL after Psycho’s release Hitchcock received an angry letter from the father of a girl who refused to bathe after seeing Diabolique and now refused to shower after seeing Psycho. Hitchcock sent a note back simply saying “Send her to the dry cleaners.”