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TIL that US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew was forced to invent a new signature to be put on US bills. His old signature was just a bunch of loops

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V7OB TIL when The Who played Woodstock in 1969, their 25 song set began the day at 5AM.
Z806B Today I learned about Zura Karuhimbi, a 'witch' who saved over 100 people during the Rwandan genocide because attackers believed she possessed magical powers.
j0WX TIL of Rick Rescorla, who saved all but 6 of his 2700 employees during the 9/11 attacks by directing people down the stairs using a bullhorn and encouraging them by singing Cornish songs.
pY0Y8 TIL at least 1/3 of the Great Barrier Reef is already bleached
pAob TIL: The word algorithm comes from the Latinized translation of the name of a persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, who presented the first systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations.