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XEwbE TIL a woman survived a gunshot to the head when her hair weave stopped the bullet.
DQXRv TIL that during Hurricane Camille in 1969, the rainfall in Virgina was so heavy that birds drowned in trees and people had to cup hands around their face to breathe. According to the weather service, it was the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists compute to be theoretically possible.
8ePML TIL that, in 2002 a judge concluded a copyright legal battle between Mattel and MCA, over the hit song "Barbie Girl" by Danish Pop band Aqua, with "The parties are advised to chill."
0Gwv TIL prescription drugs kill more people than heroin and cocaine combined.
YprEZ TIL in 1843 Ada Lovelace translated an article on the "analytical engine," and added notes that described how codes can be created for the device to handle letters and symbols along with numbers. It was for this and other contributions that she is widely regarded as the first computer programmer.