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TIL The highest quality software ever written was the code for the space shuttle, with 1 error for every 420,000 lines of code.

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vGdR TIL Syphilis been called the French disease in Italy, Poland, and Germany and the “Italian disease” in France. The Dutch called it the “Spanish disease”, the Russians called it the “Polish disease”, the Turks called it the “Christian disease” and the Tahitians the “British disease”.
e09Mn TIL that India's Mars probe cost less than the film Gravity.
oydW TIL in South Carolina the max penalty for domestic violence is 30 days in jail, for beating your dog it’s 5 years.
xV5wB TIL Chimpanzees have been known to steal alcohol, get drunk, then attack humans after mistaking them for monkeys
aw8wN TIL "Jizz" is a common term used in bird watching that describes a bird's overall appearance based on shape, posture, flying style, and other habitual movements.