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

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a8NMb TIL Australian wallabies have been found to make crop circles in Tasmania after ingesting opium poppies.
78g8x TIL that Donald Sutherland was so determined to play President Snow in the 'Hunger Games' movie that he wrote a very long letter to the film's director detailing what he thoufht of the character's personality and role.
ZpPKB TIL Earl L. Brewer, Governor of Mississippi from 1912 to 1916, never once made a public campaign speech while running for Governor in 1911.
YpAkd TIL the Danish police resisted Nazi command so fiercely that 1,960 of its 10,000 police members were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Faced with Nazi demands, the Danish police administration was inclined to accepted them, but the Police organizations refused, leading to the deportations.
1apaV TIL that despite the NFL making more than $9 billion annually, projected to make more than $25 billion a year by 2027, pays its CEO more than $30 million a year, 68% of NFL stadium construction costs since 1923 coming from taxpayer money.