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TIL Ada Lovelace died from uterine cancer at the age of 36

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pgge TIL that Koko the gorilla, who uses ASL to communicate, met and developed a liking to Robin Williams in 2001; in 2014 Koko learned of his death and apparently mourned for him with shows of sadness and melancholy.
m0po TIL that 2 Japanese Go masters played a match for 4 days straight. At the end the loser vomited blood on the board and died the next day.
rNd9y TIL the shortest-ever NHL career was 7.6 seconds, when Jorge Alves entered the game as an Emergency Backup Goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes
rNemW TIL the idiom "said the quiet part loud" originated from the Simpsons in 1995
9wEkr TIL there is a tiny amount of americium(specifically americium-241) in most smoke detectors)(don't worry it's a very small amount so you are fine)