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TIL learned that Lord Byron's daughter Ada was the first true computer programmer.

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EQW0 TIL the Nazis kidnapped hundreds of thousands of Polish children they deemed to be racially superior, and forcibly Germanized them. Only 10-15% were ever returned.
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R7po9 TIL researchers have measured a 40% drop in college students' empathy since 1979 with a the biggest drops happening since the 2000's
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DQ9mP TIL that Lemuel Cook (1759-1866) was one of the last verifiable surviving veterans of the American Revolutionary War and he had lived long enough to see the full duration of the American Civil War (1861-1865).