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TIL the actress that plays “Flo” for the Progressive commercials makes half a million a year

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0wkBL TIL about Picher, Oklahoma. A town that had to be abandoned after it was discovered that an old lead mine was poisoning the residents. The real nail in the coffin came when an F-4 tornado hit in 2008. Today, the town sits completely empty.
VB5GZ TIL that the first computer virus, known as "Creeper," was an experimental program created in 1971. It displayed the message "I’m the creeper: Catch me if you can" and inadvertently led to the development of the first antivirus software, called "Reaper."
M7N88 TIL DNA scientist James Watson's first interest was bird watching and he entered the University of Chicago at 15 under the gifted youngster program. He initially to become an ornithology curator but then he read Erwin Schrödinger's book: What is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell
MevvW TIL that all undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology must pass a swimming test before they can graduate.
9dOr TIL A long-closed car dealership, was holding onto a bunch of Brand-New 1950’s era cars with 1-2 miles on them. Some protected with plastic!