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TIL that the world’s first programmers were women, a fact that took 50 years to be recognised.

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65Q8 TIL there is a museum in North Korea dedicated to remembering a mass murder of communist sympathizers during the Korean War
GYJkN TIL Eric Carmen stole the music from Rachmaninoff for his hit "All By Myself" and the Rachmaninoff estate made him pay for it.
oRxG7 TIL that the Moon is one of the dullest objects in the solar system, and if Neptune's moon Triton was in its place it would appear 7 times brighter
M7LyB TIL of the Downs-Thomson Paradox, which states that congestion will slow car traffic down until it matches the speed of public transit. Road expansions at the cost of public transit can therefore lead to worse car traffic.