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TIL that Prince started YesWeCode.org to help low income kids learn to be programmers.

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yVo4M TIL: The Kraken isn't actually in Greek mythology and I've spent my whole life fooled by something invented by the 1981 film Clash of the Titans
4kdPR TIL about HSC Francisco, the fastest passenger ship in operation, serving the Buenos Aires - Montevideo route at 67 mph / 107 kph
oROEY TIL that the Bazacle Milling Company was a joint-stock company of watermills founded in Toulouse, France. Starting from the 14th century, shares of the capital were freely bought and sold, and dividends were paid in flour until 1840. The company was nationalised in 1946
6RYX TIL a Sweedish study concluded that the United States was one of the most racially tolerant countries in the world.
4kAX TIL white chocolate isn’t technically chocolate, as it contains no cocoa solids or cocoa liquor.