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TIL that the first computer programmers were women

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VMyZZ TIL annually since 1993, Literary Review magazine has presented the Bad Sex in Fiction Award to the author who has written the worst sex scene in a novel. Morrissey won in 2015, and in 2008 John Updike received a lifetime achievement award.
J1rPl TIL Greenland only has 5 municipalities
v1BL4 TIL that tennis legend Rafa Nadal is predominantly right-handed yet he plays left-handed. When growing up he was playing double handed forehand and backhand but Uncle Toni (his coach) pushed him to use his left as he would be more difficult to play against. 18 grand slam titles later......
mxP4v TIL that bamboo is the fastest growing plant, with certain species growing up to 35 inches per day
gM84D TIL the opposite of "paranoia" is "pronoia": a person's belief, without evidence, that the world around them is conspiring to do them good or otherwise help them.