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TIL That several elite colleges took nude photos of every incoming freshman from 1940s to 1970s including many famous people

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Pn4G TIL In 1919 Michael Keogh stopped an angry mob of 200 men (some with bayonets) from killing two right winged political agents they were beating up. In 1930 at a Nuremburg rally, Keogh recognized one of the agents he had saved. It was Adolf Hitler.
WEZY TIL that in 1994, Bill Gates bought the Da Vinci Codex for $30M and then had it scanned and distributed as screensaver and wallpapers for Windows95
Pg4J TIL that when margarine was introduced, a few states required it to be dyed pink so buyers would immediately know it is artificial - these “pink” laws were later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
v1Qx4 TIL Mars Polar Lander(1999) failed because of a bug in the software caused by the fact that the program in question expected the programmer to use the International System of Units (meters, kilograms, ...) in the calculations. However, the programmer had used the American System for calculations.
W7wGd TIL a kid is making $200k per year tapping on a microphone. What am I doing driving to work every day.