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TIL There has been only one Female Medal of Honor Recipient: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker

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6EKQw TIL that in the 1950s, the Russians created the first ternary computer, The Setun, which recognizes 1,0 and -1. It’s more efficient than the 1, 0 of binary.
pYE8A TIL that before alarm clocks were common, people known as "knocker-uppers" were employed to wake workers by tapping on their windows with long sticks.
jNAOj TIL about Sam Ballard, a 29 year old Aussie who died 8 years after eating a slug on a dare. The slug carried rat lungworm, a rare parasite that can penetrate the intestine, traverse the nervous system, and burrow into the brain’s outer lining. While most infected recover, the parasite can be fatal.
9OKB TIL the idiom “Jack of all trades, master of none” translates to Lithuanian as “It is impossible to shit in every bush.”
M7ONb TIL that the leopard attack scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey involved a real leopard pouncing on a real person. Kubrick, despite being known for recording several takes of every shot, only recorded a couple takes to protect the actor and accepted that he wouldn't like the end result.