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TIL Mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper identified the first computer bug in 1947. It was a moth stuck inside of a computer.

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0wKKL TIL that parts of Anne Frank's diary were censored because some of the entries described her vagina.
d8ROr TIL that Judas Priest is banned for life (even as spectators to other events!) at Madison Square Garden after a riot at a 1984 concert cost the arena $250,000 in damages
6EMEX TIL that when Lumber Baron William E Boeing created the Boeing Airplane Company in 1917 the company depended on designs from their first aeronautical engineer hire, Chinese MIT grad Wong Tsu. He worked for a year with the company before returning to China. He fled to Taiwan when Mao took over China
GAxrE TIL There are ‘visa temple’ in India where Hindu worshippers visit to pray for successful path to the USA
dBG8 TIL the country of Somaliland is recognized by no other country and has received no international aid, despite the country being one of the few peaceful, stable, and quickly democracies in Africa.