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TIL that the first computer was a loom

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16K4d TIL in 2007 a dog named Toby saved his owner, Debbie, from choking to death on a piece of apple by jumping up and down on the her chest until it dislodged. After which he started licking her face, keeping her from passing out. Debbie said Toby got involved after he noticed her beating on her chest.
9616 TIL that John Rockefeller is regarded as the richest American ever and his fortune adjusted to todays dollars would amount to $663.4 billion.
KOPbG TIL about Ivan Ivanovich, a mannequin that orbited Earth in 1961 just weeks before Yuri Gagarin's milestone spaceflight. Ivan's features were so lifelike that technicians wrote "model" on the forehead, so anyone finding the mannequin upon landing would not be confused.
GYJZ4 TIL there is a movie called 100 Years, advertised in 2015, which is due to be released on November 18, 2115.
4kVB5 TIL that Sir Patrick Stewart considered his appearances on The Simpsons and Sesame Street "perhaps the two most distinguished bits of work that I've done in the US."