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TIL the first programmable digital computer was COLOSSUS, built for code breaking during WW2. Due to secrecy, it wasn’t revealed for decades

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MJVA TIL Peacocks are actually the males of the species, the whole species is peafowl. The female is called a peahen and a baby is a peachick.
j6Vej TIL More than one million Chinese soldiers crossed the Yalu River into North Korea during the Korean War and soldiers stayed for years afterwards to help with reconstruction and aid. However, the Chinese were told to avoid any close connection with North Koreans and not to mingle or make friends
OQna TIL that during WW1 Marie Curie attempted to donate her Gold Nobel prize medals for the war effort but the French National Bank refused to accept them.
Y7mlZ TIL in the Serbian flag, the white represents mother’s milk feeding strong Serbian children.
xVmL0 TIL there's a type of rabbit-sized mini deer (chevrotain)