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TIL about a lady who has(had?) immortal cells. She passed away in 1951 and her cells are still alive today being used in cancer research

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oBy7R TIL there's a fetish term and concept for people who are aroused by wearing clothing intended for their own gender (men wearing men's clothes, or women wearing women's clothing)
699xJ TIL Emperor Hirohito apologised for Japan's warcrimes in WW2, which Douglas MacArthur allegedly rejected by refusing to acknowledge Hirohito's presence. Patrick Lennox Tierney, the source for the story, would call it "the rudest, crudest, most uncalled for thing I have ever witnessed in my life"
nRlB TIL that in Deep Blue’s first game against Garry Kasparov, the computer made a move that puzzled the grandmaster so much, it made him believe the machine had superior intelligence. It threw Garry off his game, and ultimately cost him the match. The move was the result of a bug in Deep Blue’s code.
DQ9PJ TIL about the Krankies - a comedy duo presenting themselves as a schoolboy ("Wee Jimmy Krankie") and a paternal figure ("Ian Krankie"). And then I learned that they were in fact a wife (Janette Tough) and a husband (Ian Tough) in real life. "Fan' Dabi' Dozi" was one of their most famous acts...
699w7 TIL - The antibiotic "Bacitracin" was named after the Bacillus bacterium species that produced it, combined with the wound it was found growing on from a patient named Margaret Treacy (using the more common spelling of Tracy)