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gMY4W TIL John Hall co-wrote the 1976 hit "Still the One" with his wife. They divorced in 1985 and he later remarried, meaning she is, in fact, no longer "The One".
b6LOQ TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 28th 1993,a large fireball and seismic disturbance was spotted from just south of the site by sensors.
VMBpG TIL the average age of an S&P 500 company is under 20 years, down from 60 years in the 1950s.
nWdQY TIL: that despite the controversy over Ada Lovelace being the "first programmer," she was the first to realize that the Analytical Engine—the earliest concept of a computer—could act on things beyond numbers, like music or symbols, marking her as a visionary who saw the full potential of computers.
yVKK8 TIL, a 9-year-old girl died suffering from a severe lice infestation that was so bad she was unable to walk without falling or hold things without dropping them. The little girl would die from anemia.