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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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AoMg TIL that womens buttons are on the left because the maids would dress them.
JJO8 TIL a man with brain damage stuck in a coma-like state for 6 years was brought back to consciousness by doctors who implanted electrodes in his brain.
0ddm1 TIL That if you shuffle a deck of cards properly, that you've made history by creating a unique sequence. Its called 52! (Factorial)
MeBKm TIL that Kleenex was invented and intended as a paper filter for gas-masks during World-War I.
KYgjB TIL in 1599, when the local Jivaro Indians in Ecuador got tired of enduring the cruel Spanish governor, who heavily taxed gold miners. The Indians caught this lover of gold and poured molten metal down his throat.