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

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5jQp TIL the Tolkien Estate forbids the use of the word “Hobbit” to denote the extinct species of human Homo Floresiensis which stood 1.1m tall
b6Pa9 TIL Tom Hanks owns more than 300 typewriters. His fascination runs so deep that he even developed an app, Hanx Writer, designed to emulate the feel and sound of a classic typewriter on modern devices.
MEYb TIL that there is a word in Mandarin pronounced “kǎnyé” that literally translates to “big talker”
j6ZGX TIL the Dumb Ways to Die song was a public campaign by an Australian rail network to promote railway safety awareness. It is credited with a 30% drop in rail accidents.
dPE7 TIL that up to 10% of chickens have a newly-discovered muscle disorder called “woody breast,” which causes their breast meat to be unusually hard and rubbery.