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TIL The CEO of Spotify was the CEO of uTorrent in 2006

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R4N8 TIL that in February 1991, 28 American soldiers died when a Patriot missile didn’t compute two floating point numbers correctly making it miss its intended target (a Scud missile) by 600 meters or 0.372822 miles
wL6E TIL F-8 Crusader pilot Clliff Judkins survived a 15,000 foot fall when his parachute failed to open.
pYjbb TIL about the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, a 12-month clinical study aiming to learn how best to help European and Asian famine victims recover after WWII. Healthy volunteers were selected from among conscientious objectors in lieu of military service. Most suffered extreme psychological trauma.
09oL TIL in the US, more babies are born on Monday and Tuesday than any other day because doctors don’t like scheduling c-sections and induced labour on the weekend.
4k6a5 TIL Alice Hamilton was the first woman appointed to the Harvard University faculty in any field. During her years at Harvard (1919-1935), she never received a faculty promotion. She was excluded from social activities, could not enter the Harvard Union, or attend the Faculty Club.