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TIL John Cleese of Monty Python was the first person to say “Shit” on British television.

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OGn5X TIL that Zimbabwe's health minister complained that the condoms made in China were too small for its men. The Chinese condom manufacturer subsequently said it planned on making its exports in different sizes after doing "some surveys on users’ data in the region".
yoKe TIL Today is the 197th birthday of the author of the first computer algorithm, Ada Lovelace.
Vm8p TIL The Scottish army tried to take advantage of the Black Plague in England through an invasion, but caught it themselves and brought it back to Scotland, killing half of the native population.
lN7V TIL that in the 1880s, a South African railroad employed a baboon as a railway signalman, paying him 20 cents a day and a half bottle of beer a week. He made no mistakes in 9 years.
VyOm TIL that the 3DS has so far outsold the PS4