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TIL a live album from the band Dream Theater was released on 9/11/2001, which had the skyline of NYC (with the World Trade Center) in flames on its album art. The album was recalled and re-released a short time later, but the incident remains one of the most bizarre coincidences in music.

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VGaB TIL A woman named Augusta Ada King is regarded as the first computer programmer for her notes in the 1800’s on using computers to compute algorithms.
GYKD5 TIL that the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) is known as the Day of the Rangers in Somalian
x6L5B TIL: Clyde Tombaugh, the man that discovered Pluto in 1930, is the great uncle to MLB pitcher Clayton Kershaw.
QpAL TIL pickle juice has about 20 times more sodium and eight times more potassium than a regular sports drink. Turns out that drinking an ounce or two of pickle juice can stop cramping within about 85 seconds – faster than water alone. Many athletes drink pickle juice before exercise to prevent cramps
EJn7 TIL A female ninja is called kunoichi, which means “nine plus one.” This refers to the nine holes possessed by men, and the kunoichi’s mastery of the tenth