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OGZlY TIL that ​​the very first technical publication by famed Computer Scientist Donald Knuth ​​was the "Potrzebie System of Weights and Measures​". It measured Volume in ​'ngogn​', mass in ​'blintz', and time in ​units of 'clarke'​. It was published in of Mad Magazine in 1957, and earned him $25.
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