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TIL that Sammy Davis Jr. played the first black American president in 1933 when he was 8

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9wxjm TIL: Prior to 2005, Catholic cardinals participating in papal conclaves were housed in the Apostolic Palace, sleeping on cots in makeshift bedrooms in hallways or offices. Pope John II changed the rules for future conclaves, allowing participants to room in a nearby guest house.
VGaB TIL A woman named Augusta Ada King is regarded as the first computer programmer for her notes in the 1800’s on using computers to compute algorithms.
mGjE TIL that you can still differentiate between East/West Germany from space, because the different types of streetlamps used give off different shades of light
6EQQ TIL that our Galaxy’s name, the Milky Way, comes from the story of the Greek God Hera spilling milk while breastfeeding an unknown infant.
8pBP TIL the last two speakers of an indigenous language in Mexico refuse to converse with each other because they don’t get along