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TIL Canal France International accidentally broadcasted 30 minutes of porn to Saudi Arabia… instead of a children’s programme.

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jWwX TIL that while dating Jonathan Brandis in the 1990s, Tatyana Ali (Ashley Banks from Fresh Prince of Bel Air) was approached by a black man who said, “I want you to know, I watch your show all the time. But now that I see you letting this white man date you, I will never watch your show again.”
VMALB TIL Ada Lovelace who wrote the first algorithm for a computing machine and first saw the potential in computers was a daughter of Lord Byron
kaPE TIL- The makers of Edible Underwear were denied patent protection on the grounds that “candy and pants were incompatible”
dDZ7Q TIL a Finnish nursing home runs a small program where they give subsidised accommodation to students under the condition they spend time with the elderly
6EdQZ TIL that tilapia fish skin is used to treat burn injuries, proving to be a cheaper and cleaner alternative to skin grafts and gauze.