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YpYmZ TIL the first song sung by a computer was Daisy Bell (1892) in the year 1961.
yVrDl TIL There are more than 400 documented archaeological sites in Canada's Ukkusiksalik National Park, including Ak&lungiqtautitalik, meaning “place of the rope game” noted for a large, distinctive stone feature. However, Ak&lungiqtautitalik is not currently open to visitors
GYEy1 TIL about Peggy Frank, a longtime U.S. postal carrier, who died of hyperthermia while delivering mail in 117 degree weather. Most of the US Postal Services' 230,000 vehicles do not have air conditioning.
Vwp8 TIL Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are once replied to a young boys fan mail with a hand drawn picture of one of his characters. The boy’s mother wrote back saying simply “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.”
DyQp TIL that electricity was installed in the White House in 1891 during the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. He was so afraid of being electrocuted that he and his family never operated the light switches, always making his servants do it for them. He often slept with the lights on.