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TIL Panasonic software developed a computer program 'Secret Writer's Society' to teach kids to write. Due to a bug in the code, double clicking 'Read' instead of reading back what you wrote, would instead read back the swear filter.

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W7EAA TIL of British General Charles “No-flint” Grey. Grey defeated several American armies in stealth attacks, using his favoured tactic of having his men remove the flints from their muskets and attack enemies using their bayonets alone.
g6vX TIL that even though SONY is known around the world for mostly selling electronics, it’s insurance division is the major source of profit for the company while the electronics divisions is losing money.
d81KZ TIL Carl Linneaus once proposed a clock made from different breeds of flowers, based when they opened and closed throughout the day.
D1eJj TIL Hutton Gibson, father of critically acclaimed actor Mel Gibson, is a Jeopardy champion and Holocaust denier. He also believes in 9/11 conspiracy theories and rejects the Second Vatican Council because it is "a Masonic plot backed by the Jews".
E1D0o TIL A grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was arrested after he was caught being blackballed by cross-dressing black male prostitute in the backseat of a car