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TIL in 1843 Ada Lovelace translated an article on the "analytical engine," and added notes that described how codes can be created for the device to handle letters and symbols along with numbers. It was for this and other contributions that she is widely regarded as the first computer programmer.

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d85y7 TIL of a Welsh village Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch named as a publicity stunt in 1869 to give the railway station the longest name in Britain. It means: St Marys Church in the Hollow of the White Hazel Near to the Rapid Whirlpool of Llantysilio of the Red Cave.
KNJ TIL the US Army is building a secret island in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, and has been since 1998
9YgM7 Today I Learned about Yasuke, the first black Samurai. He escaped from a Jesuit Mission and became a respected samurai in a year.
e0g06 TIL that of all the mammal species on Earth, one quarter of them are bats. Bats are also the only mammals that can fly.
jOBp TIL Christoph Waltz received a total of 15 nominations for his roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained. He won 11 of these, including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and the BAFTA Awards for BOTH films.