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TIL The first software patch was an actual patch, on a paper tape.

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oRWKE TIL today in 1974 a U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House
OGJm7 TIL that people are hired to mourn at funerals. These guys are known as professional mourners, as they possess the skill to cry and scream, portraying a deep sense of grief as if they were personally affected by the loss.
jdGX TIL that in 1586 a pregnant widow wrote a letter to her partner, who had died at the age of 30. This was found by archaeologists in South Korea in 1998, intact with the man’s mummified body and a pair of sandals woven from hemp and the woman’s hair.
kOlA7 TIL there are dozens of pyramids in China. Built across the country at different sites during different times, most are believed to be mausoleums for emperors.
E1WAx TIL the "horned sign" is an ancient hand gesture meant to either ward off, or curse someone with, the "evil eye", or malocchio in Italian. Ronnie James Dio re-popularized the gesture as the "sign of the horns" when he joined Black Sabbath in 1979, having originally learned it from his grandmother.