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TIL that computer science was actually promoted to women in the 1960s - on the premise that the planning and attention to detail involved in programming is akin to that of planning a dinner party.

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604Y TIL there is no place you can legally watch and listen to the entire “I Have a Dream” speech for free, as the recording is owned and licensed by the EMI Publishing and the King Family. The only way to legally watch the speech in it’s entirety is to buy a copy.
Oo5J7 TIL In 1999, a company in Japan installed vending machines selling live kabutomushi (horned beetles) so that children in cities away from the beetles' natural habitat could collect them as pets. The machines were so popular they sold out each day.
0wD8j TIL The actor who played "Flounder" in Animal House, Stephen Furst, was a pizza delivery boy in Hollywood when he landed the role. He taped a photo of himself inside the lid of each pizza he delivered in the hopes of being discovered.
6Ee0Q TIL that Geddy Lee (of Rush) was so inspired by his tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball museum in Kansas City that he bought at auction over 400 baseballs signed by Negro Leagues players and donated the entire collection to the museum.
ZpP4B TIL in 1976 groundskeeper Richard Arndt caught Hank Aaron's 755th home run ball & tried to return it to Aaron but was told he's unavailable. The next day the Brewers fired Arndt for stealing team property (the ball) & deducted $5 from his final paycheck. In 1999, he sold it at auction for $625,000.