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TIL in the original Silent Hill video game, the fog covering the town was put in the game because of hardware limitations. Covering the town in fog meant that only the area surrounding the player at any given moment needed to be rendered

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b6YO9 TIL 1 out of every 8 Americans is Californian.
Y78nW TIL an 'audiophile' once spent $10K to build his own 40-ft utility pole on his backyard just to listen to 'purer music'
MeOVa TIL “Respect” made famous by Aretha Franklin, was originally written about a man’s struggle for respect from his wife but then became a feminist anthem.
gMGK7 TIL the song Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover is not about a woman lusting after a man. Instead it's about a woman (the narrator) wishing she could save another woman who is trapped in an abusive relationship. The "I wish I was your lover" line is the narrator longing to show the woman what love can be.
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