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What's that silly and interesting piece of trivia you know but never have the chance to share? (sh.itjust.works)
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Here’s mine:

Mozart had a pet starling, and when it died he arranged for a full funeral and burial, and composed a poem in memory of his bird, which he read at the service.

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[–] 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

The three random ones that comes into my mind:

  • In Rhythm Heaven on Nintendo DS, if you get a "okay" rating in a remix, you get a comment saying "Hmm..." in UK version. If you are on US version, this changes to "Hm..." for some reason.

  • The information that tells the server what site you were on before visiting their website in HTTP is called "referer", and not "referrer".

  • In StarCraft, the sound for selecting Greater Spire and Defiler Mound are most likely swapped around as a mistake.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Oh, speaking of weird spellings. The first letter of NATO alphabet is spelled "Alfa" not "Alpha".

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    For people who want to know why - it makes the pronunciation less ambiguous for non-English speakers, since the NATO Alphabet was developed for use by English, French, and Spanish speakers.

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