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TIL about NH 96566-KN The First Computer Bug, a moth found in a computer, 1947

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lVVr TIL when child actor Jackie Coogan turned 18 he found out all his money ($68 million) had been spent by his mother who argued “No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything. Every dollar a kid earns before he is 21 belongs to his parents.” Coogan’s Bill was passed to protect child actors
Bgobr TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to dub his own role in Terminator in German, as his accent is considered very rural by German/Austrian standards and it would be too ridiculous to have a death machine from the future come back in time and sound like a hillbilly.
Wk69Y TIL that months after the Saturday Night Massacre, President Nixon blamed the media, establishment, partisans and the special prosecutor's staff for trying to take him down, and still had many supporters
DVNJ TIL A man who wanted to create a whites-only town in North Dakota was found to be of African descent
0p4N TIL that because of the threat of German infiltrators during the Battle of the Bulge, US troops held an American brigadier general at gunpoint for hours after he mistakenly said that the Chicago Cubs were in the American league