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

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k7M5 TIL in 2013 Montana proposed a bill that would allow sheriffs to arrest FBI agents for arresting people - and charge them for kidnapping
0nVv TIL that a British girl had to have her stomach removed after drinking a shot of Jager mixed with liquid nitrogen. The bar was handed a 100,000 pound fine.
8QoG TIL that “sugar highs” don’t actually exist; glucose causes the release of serotonin, which actually causes you to calm down. Children are hyperactive at parties and holidays because of the psychological situation, not the physiological effect of sugar.
Oo5W6 TIL Frank Sinatra hated the song "Light My Fire" by The Doors. One night when it came on the radio he switched stations and found that channel also playing the same song. He stopped the car and smashed the radio to bits with his shoe.
BrJZb TIL The “Feast of the Wine” was a festival in Ancient Greece celebrating the “Month of the New Wine," using the minerals gypsum & lime to reduce the acidity of the wine.