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Everything dug up so far, newest first.
FOSSils 2 min
Ken Arnold wrote curses so Rogue could draw its dungeon on any terminal. The library outlived the game.
eTTYmology 1 min
The first Unix disk on the PDP-11 filled up, so the system spilled onto a second one. That is where /bin and /usr/bin come from.
Bugs in Amber 1 min
SimCity read memory right after freeing it. Windows 95 noticed, and switched allocators just for that game.