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TIL Alan Turing (the father of Computers and AI) is most cited for a paper on biology

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oReKR TIL Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's final task on the moon was to leave a small package of memorial items to Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Komarov, and Apollo 1 astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee.
9wXGD TIL that the Football Alliance was established in 1888 by 12 clubs who had been excluded from the FootbEnglish all League, also established in 1888. The League ran for four seasons - 1888-89 to 1891-92, before the majority of clubs formed the Football League 2nd Division.
BgQBb TIL: The Sateré-Mawé tribe coming of age ritual involves gathering bullet ants, weaving them into a glove, sedating them, and then putting on the glove an hour later so that when the ants wake up, they are furious. Boys have to do this about 20 times at age 13 before becoming a man.
yQQnX TIL- we are all running Minix and we don't even know it
aooZ TIL The Green Bay Packers have a 30 year waiting list for season tickets and ~115,000 people on the list