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TIL that Apple’s macOS and iOS took their roots from Unix systems written in the C programming language, which was created by Dennis Ritchie in the early 1970s at Bell Labs

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WkXvB TIL: Spanish Flu is called "Spanish" because Europe was at war and no other country publicly reported their own cases. Spain was a neutral country, publicly reported their cases and took the fame. The real epicenter was a war camp on France.
b6G4N TIL that the "Filioque controversy" was a major theological dispute between Eastern and Western Christianity over whether the Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father alone or from the Father and the Son, contributing to the Great Schism.
awdmN TIL: Patch Adams only agreed to the 1999 film of his namesake because they promised to help build his hospital. None of the profits from the film was ever given to his foundation, and the film was heavily criticised by Patch Adams himself, saying: "I hate that movie."
Ga5E TIL that the “Funny how? Like a clown?” scene in Goodfellas is based on an actual encounter Joe Pesci had with a mobster while working in a restaurant as a young man.
LO1d TIL that Carmilla, the story of a lesbian vampire who preys on lonely women, was written 25 years before Dracula.