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TIL That the first Computer Programmer was a woman

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oB6v7 TIL Ivan VI became Emperor of Russia at only two months old. His reign was short-lived, as his cousin, Elizabeth overthrew him, and placed his family in prison. Ivan would go on to spend the rest of his life in prison before being executed. His siblings were than placed under permanent house arrest.
rNGly TIL that when your body burns fat 84% of it gets converted to carbon dioxide and exhaled through your lungs. The remaining 16% is converted into water that becomes urine and sweat.
pXnO TIL that we produce a lot of saliva just before vomiting in order to protect our teeth from erosion due the acidity of vomit.
kELE TIL That there is a fish called a Barreleye that has a large transparent dome head.
LQBWZ TIL that Nobel Prize laureate Harald zur Hausen, renowned for linking HPV to cervical cancer, devoted his later years to exploring a similar connection between animal product consumption and colon cancer until his passing in 2023.