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TIL That Software Patches are called such because programmers would use tape to physically patch over punch holes on punchcard cards.

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Z8ZRQ TIL Charles Babbage "the father of the computer" also invented the pilot , the pointy thing on the front of older trains, to remove cows from the track.
0vnL TIL a man named chito nursed and crocodile back to health and they were best friends for over 20 years. They swam together, played together and the croc never once harmed chito. Sadly Pocho the croc died a few years ago
l70YB TIL Charle's Dance's father was born 1874 and had him in his 70s. Charles had a daughter in 2012 in his mid 60s. 3 generations 3 centuries.
epnxD TIL Lambskin condoms are made from the intestinal membrane of a lamb, and there are records of men using lambskin condoms during the early part of the Roman Empire.
awWoL TIL that Albanian Highlanders would use shouting as long a distance communication. The one that would hear the shout would shout it to another and so on, traveling 2 week long distances in hours.