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TIL that the first programmer for the ENIAC was Jean Bartik, who learned to program the computer with no manual and only by looking schematic diagram as she did not have the clearance to see the computer.

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x6Pa1 TIL: that in 1676 a nun wrote a letter while claiming to be possessed by the devil.
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