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TIL First Computer Bug was an Actual Bug

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dgWB TIL that in 1985, the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore held a youth rap contest. The winner was 14-year-old Tupac Shakur.
X0ovj TIL-What is better for the environment between EVs and hydrogen fuel cells?
Jw9v TIL there are three towns with exclamation points in their official names: Westward Ho! in the UK, Hamilton! in Ohio, and my personal favorite, Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! in Quebec.
OGVxg TIL: The great Artesian Basin Australia's largest groundwater basin, laying beneath parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales it spans almost 1.7 million km² (650,000 mi²) and contains around 65 million Gigalitres (17 quadrillion gallons) of ground water.
k4y7 TIL that researchers are practicing for a human mission to Mars by living in the heart of Antarctica to see the effects of extreme isolation.