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TIL that "UNIVAC I" was the first computer to predict a US presidential election, accurately forecasting Eisenhower’s landslide win for CBS, while the Gallup Poll predicted a close race.

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eplE5 TIL that the first three fictional artists to reach number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 were all groups: the Chipmunks, the Archies and the Partridge Family.
jX0a TIL that men are blond, and women are blonde
W7MjA TIL: A male Wyandotte chicken lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
awxx0 TIL that 1 in 4 Americans could not answer correctly that the Earth revolves around the sun (npr.org, 2014)
O9gL TIL that the concept of the “rap battle” has existed since the 5th century, where poets would engage in “flyting,” a spoken word event where poets would insult one another in verse. The Norse god Loki is noted as having insulted other gods in verse.