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TIL humans struggle to understand true randomness

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e0yxb TIL When Cambridge graduate & visionary electronic composer Delia Derbyshire (who wrote the original Dr Who theme) applied for a position at Decca Records, she was told that they did not employ women in their recording studios.
Ykr TIL in the 60s female track athletes were required to be examined naked to verify their sex.
LQO7d TIL that a 1963 Television western series, "The Dakotas" (starring Jack Elam and Chad Everett), was cancelled almost overnight after viewers called in complaining about a scene in the most recent episode where a lawman murdered two outlaws in a church
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p8k8Q TIL MF DOOM’s tour doubled as a food drive where he encouraged audience members to bring cans of food, leading to over 1000 pounds of food donated to various shelters.