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TIL Write-only memory is a joke among computer and software engineers. Initially there was no use for a memory circuit from which data could not be retrieved. The first use of the term is generally attributed to Signetics in 1972 and is featured in the Apple IIe Reference Manual.

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Brmvy Today I learned that the running joke of Garry Gergich on the hit television show Parks and Recreation having his name constantly mistaken for Jerry is a reference to how the political term Gerrymandering (pronounced as Jerry-mandering) today mispronounces its intended namesake Gerry ("Gary").
1ajVO TIL of Ian Manuel. A man who spent years in isolation after he was condemned to die in prison for a nonhomicide offense at age 13. He won his freedom in 2016 with the help of the woman he attacked. He is now an activist, motivational speaker, and published author.
6EPJm TIL: Bees don't buzz during an eclipse - Using tiny microphones suspended among flowers, researchers recorded the buzzing of bees during the 2017 North American eclipse. The bees were active and noisy right up to the last moments before totality. As totality hit, the bees all went silent in unison.
ne689 til: The guy who invented the gas mask (respirator) died in a balloon accident at the age of 31. As a result his soon to be wife killed herself
G65N TIL that Japan sells its rare Kobe beef to just three restaurants in the United States so that “Kobe steak” that you just ate is probably fake