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TIL programmer Clint Curtis testified under oath that voting machine source code was used to manipulate elections.

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4XAYw TIL Ice Cream sundaes were invented when it became illegal to sell ice-cream sodas on a Sunday in the American town of Evanston during the late 19th century. To get around the problem some traders replaced the soda with syrup and called the dessert an "Ice Cream Sunday."
Ow61 TIL that gaming computers heat a room just as efficiently as a space heater does
b9Y5Q TIL Theodore Roosevelt Jr was the oldest man in the D-Day invasion at 56. Initially denied to attend D-Day, Ted petitioned as he personally knew the men of these units and believed his presence would steady them. Despite arthritis and a heart condition, he stormed the beach with a cane and survived.
GY8lQ TIL the band Radiohead were originally called On A Friday. They renamed themselves after the title of a Talking Heads song.
PQdg TIL Dua Khalil’s body was exhumed after she was stoned to death in an honor killing and sent to a forensic lab “so that tests could be performed to see whether she had died a virgin”.