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TIL that the anti piracy chip was the main cause of cartridge boot failures on the NES.

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p8GD8 TIL the founder of the Smithsonian, James Smithson, was a British scientist who willed his fortune to his nephew and in the event his nephew died with no heirs, to the US government to found an "Establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men"; having never visited the US.
xV4O1 TIL that John Williams, the legend film composer (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) had problems with the musical timings in E.T.’s BMX chase scene. Steven Spielberg told him to record the music just as he wanted, he then edited the chase sequence around Willams’s Oscar winning soundtrack.
1eOd TIL in 2004, a Mario game had a transgender playable character with a subplot about being accepted by her family. This was censored in the American version.
kOg17 TIL that the queen of a Black Garden Ant colony can live up to 15 years and it has been claimed that some have lived for 30 years.
4k66o TIL: Dreamworks had to pay a 7 figure settlement for infringement after the 2005 film "The Island" bore a striking resemblance to the 1979 film "Parts: The Clonus Horror"