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TIL Grace Hopper was the developer of the first compiler for a programming language. She also invented the saying, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.”

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w6jM TIL all humans start out as an asshole in the womb since it’s the first body part to form.
DBOV TIL Serena and Venus Williams had an older sister who was shot dead in 2003 in an act of gang violence.
awnPM TIL of the Mace Kingsley Ranch, a Scientology Private School where students were forced to do hard labor and the director, Wally Hanks, would punish the students with beatings (he was caught on audio tape). The school shut down in 2002.
dBwZ TIL A study on military funding in 2009 showed that a billion dollars spent by the U.S. government on domestic matters created ~35%-~135% more jobs than the same amount of money spent on military contracts.
8YaX TIL: The inauguration of US president Andrew Jackson was an open party at the white house. The public got drunk and trashed the place, and could only be removed by tempting them out with bowls of punch on the lawn outside.