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TIL programmer communities are filled with toxic and rude people, most of whom are men.

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4kAmN TIL Robert Shaw; "Quint", died only three years after he appeared in Jaws at the age of 51
Bxpb TIL: Australia committed genocide against the Aboriginal, native people from 1910-1970 in an effort to create a “white Australia.”
1aXMr TIL of Betty Ong, a flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11. Ong notified the American Airlines ground crew of the hijacking, staying on the telephone for 25 minutes and relaying vital information that eventually led to the closing of airspace by the FAA for the first time in history.
78nPP TIL Nero's teenage brother died at a dinner party with his entire family present. Some of the guests were shocked, but Nero shrugged it off, saying it was normal, as he was having epileptic seizures since birth, so they carried on with their party
WJdo TIL Stalin imprisoned 200,000 people for telling jokes against the USSR