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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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GYpYj TIL that Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD, dosed himself at exactly 4:20pm on Apr. 19, 1943, and then went on a bike ride.
b8V0 TIL the CIA Project to Overthrow the King of Egypt was Called Project FF (Fat Fucker)
rRAjM TIL the schizophrenia treatment drug risperidone is as low as 30 cents per month in the developing world, but in the US costs patients $100 to $200.