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TIL Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first woman to get a Ph.D in computer science

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Lk4rP TIL that fire fighting was an unofficial competition at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in both professional and volunteer categories.
newbG TIL a man was killed by a Grizzly Bear in Yellowstone National Park in 2011. It was determined his running from the bear caused the attack, and it was a "one in 3 million occurrence." The bear was not put down until it was found near another fatal attack the next month.
okrR TIL that Reddit is the 55th most popular website on the Internet
N7PQ1 TIL that all early humans were “lactose intolerant” after infancy. In 10,000 BC, a single individual passed on a mutation that has since spread incredibly fast, allowing humans to begin digesting lactose for life and causing the widespread consumption of dairy.
1awdD TIL that in 2010 the Pope’s astronomer, Guy Consolmagno, claimed that if extra terrestrial life were ever to be discovered, and an alien life form requested the sacrament of baptism, then he would gladly baptise the alien.