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TIL that programming and coding uses the same regions of the brain as speech.

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9Y7K6 TIL that a man decided to deposit a check that he received from a junk mail ad just to see what would happen. to his surprise, they allowed him to deposit the $95,000 check. the bank tried to take the money back, but since he didn’t break any laws, there was nothing they could do.
N7y5E TIL silent movie actors were initially not given on-screen credit for their films, as studio bosses feared it would make the performers too popular, and able to demand higher wages. Actress Florence Lorence was the first to get one in 1910
0Ab5 TIL 33% of US Tourists visiting Scotland believe the Haggis is an actual animal, and a quarter thought they could catch one.
A5en TIL that when the CEO of the Sesame Street Workshop was asked if Bert and Ernie are gay, he replied, “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
e00JJ TIL that during the summer of 1968 during which philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre was arrested for civil disobedience, President Charles de Gaulle intervened and pardoned him, commenting that "you don't arrest Voltaire".