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TIL the British painted their cows with stripes during WWII to avoid car accidents during blackouts

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epBL6 TIL the term “debugging” comes from an incident that occurred while Grace Hopper was working on the relay contacts of the Harvard Mark II. A moth flew into the computer and was electrocuted to death. Hopper literally had to “debug” the computer which is where the term came from.
WpbL TIL, That a Mexican man who accidentally killed his cousin while drunk was sentenced to death by being buried with alive with the cousin whom he had killed.
E1BL7 TIL that Newton’s development of the Universal Law of Gravity over 300 years ago led at least indirectly to the ending of the practice of burning witches in Europe
Op0a TIL if a submarine is downed and there is no submarine rescue vehicle nearby, the crew put on special pressurised suits which float them to the top and act as a one man life raft.
rRdnw TIL about the history of Alberta's extensive and effective rat control solution making it the only Canadian province to still be considered rat free