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TIL dolphins get drugged when chewing pufferfish

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OGO5a TIL that the first computer "bug" was an actual moth found trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer in 1947. This literal bug inspired the term we still use today for software errors.
a8k8A TIL there’s an album of 27 songs, one for each of the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
ZWya TIL there was anti-slavery ship called the HMS Black Joke during the 1820s
X0YkR TIL Peugeot, the French carmaker, began in the 1800s as a grain mill company that made coffee grinders, pepper mills, and steel corset frames before producing their first vehicle in 1889.
Y7E8x TIL of Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Jasser - a journalist that ran a twitter account for informing Saudi citizens about local corruption and human rights. He was publicly executed for these 'crimes' 3 weeks ago