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TIL the developer of “The New Tetris” on N64 left an epic rant hidden in the code which he thought wouldn’t be discovered for years, but was uncovered after 3 days

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e0bwb TIL the majority of Egyptian hieroglyphs represent sounds, not objects/ideas. In English, this would be like using pictures of a pear, ant, and hood to write "parenthood."
QJmV6 TIL: The "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" is a condition in which people mistakenly think their phone vibrates in their pocket. It affects 90% (9/10 people).
J1PrB TIL that the US Mullet Championships is the largest competition in the world in terms of the number of applicants: upwards of 1,000 each year
QNdja TIL during the Super Bowl in 1992 FOX aired a live episode of "In Living Color” at halftime to steal viewers from CBS. It was so successful that the NFL got Michael Jackson to perform the next year. Prior to 1993 halftime shows usually had themes such as "Winter Magic" or "Be Bop Bamboozled"
16G0r TIL of Operation Pig Bristle. An Australian military operation conducted in 1946 during the Chinese Civil War, the goal of which was to obtain paint brushes in response to a national shortage of brushes used in home construction.