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TIL Quine is a self-reproducing program, where it has no input, but its output is an exact copy of itself.

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AVmx TIL that in September 1950, the US Navy sprayed San Francisco with “harmless” bacteria to simulate a biological attack. The not-so-harmless bacteria caused a spike in a rare UTI, killing one man. A lawsuit against the government was rejected on the grounds that the government held legal immunity.
nW6Ar TIL: There is scented thermal paste. Clock Work Tea Party, a company in Japan, makes scented thermal paste for pc builders with scents such as strawberry, green apple, or "flowers from heaven"
6prQ TIL Isaac Asimov wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published in 9 of 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification. He is the 17th most-translated author, just behind Arthur Conan Doyle and ahead of Pope John Paul II
wLoAE TIL during a François Hollande speech two people got shot accidentally, when a police sniper securing the event from a roof top unintentionally discharged his weapon
dDYd7 TIL the first same-sex marriage in Spain was performed in the year 1061.