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Today I learned the term "software engineering" was coined by a woman..... Margaret Hamilton

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j6GME TIL Taiwan has one of the highest oral cancer rates in the world. The cause is mainly a culturally consumed nut called Betel. Betel nuts are carcinogenic and cause a stimulating high when chewed. Mainly consumed by blue-collar and indigenous Taiwanese, the practice remains legal but discouraged.
BZ4W TIL that author Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word novel without using the letter “e”. To this day it is considered one of the finest examples of constrained writing.
ZpevR TIL that the first known use of a vending machine dates back to ancient Greece, where a device accepted coins and dispensed holy water in temples.
8aDRV TIL much of activist Hellen Keller's archived material, including first editions of her books and photos of her with every living President that served during her lifetime, was lost in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center
oGGr TIL that Mike Lindell, the inventor of “My Pillow” had a crack addiction so bad that his dealers gave him an intervention.