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TIL First Computer Bug was an Actual Bug

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5VOMp TIL that former pro skater, Jackass and CKY star Brandon Novak has become a Certified Intervention Professional and professional speaker following a 20 year cycle of substance abuse, and has written two books about his heroin addiction
BgNbx TIL that a sample of the wood and fabric from the Wright Flyer was carried to the surface of the Moon by the crew of Apollo 11. It commemorated the first flight, which happened only 66 years earlier.
b6ZMQ TIL that we have the skull of Mary Magdalene housed in a basilica in France. It was found in 1279 with a wooden tablet wrapped in wax that said, “Hic requiescit magdelenae corpus Mariae,” Latin for, “Here lies the body of Mary Magdalene.”
6Em8X TIL one of the reasons why Northern Cheyenne reservation traditionalists oppose coal mining on the reservation is that the 1700s Cheyenne mystic Sweet Medicine prophecized that mining the "black rock" would change the tribe forever.
8awmG TIL the Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA was started in 1890 as a way to convince East Coast residents to move to California by "showcasing California's mild weather" by proving the "flowers are still blooming and oranges are about to bear."