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TIL zebras and donkeys can breed resulting in a zonkey

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4XwKg TIL about Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician born in 1815, regarded as one of the first computer programmers. She was the first to write a set of instructions - "notes" - intended to be carried out by a machine. She was a friend with Charles Babbage and other important scientists of the time.
4PYw TIL - There are only two countries in the world where drug companies are permitted to advertise to the public: New Zealand and USA.
9wPy7 TIL that most, if not all, uncontacted groups live in voluntary isolation - they are aware of the rest of the world, but choose to not have any contact. This is likely due to fear of diseases novel to them and violent clashes with traffickers and loggers.
R9aj TIL: Americans and Germans Fought Together in a battle in WWII
yLdl TIL that Morgan Freeman is a beekeeper, and owns a 124 acre farm for the bees in Mississippi.