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TIL a 14 year old pretended to work for “Canadian News” and scored at 40 minute interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono

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9Y8dX TIL The term "bug" to describe a runtime error was popularized when in 1947 engineers discovered their program on a Harvard University Mark II computer was not working because a moth was stuck in one of the relays. They taped the bug into their engineering log book, still preserved today.
4k4rX TIL The longest contraction in English is y'all'll'nt've'd's, which means "You all will not have had us"
j7NE TIL the FAA requires pilots to wait 6 hours after taking Viagra to be able to fly a plane. This is due to a side effect of Viagra that makes blue-green color differentiation difficult. Pilots call the waiting period the “Viagra-to-throttle time”.
R5pXj TIL In three consecutive days of June 2021, Lytton broke the all-time record for Canada's highest temperature, ending at 49.6 °C (121.3 °F) on June 29. This is the highest temperature ever recorded north of 45°N and higher than the all-time records for Europe and South America.
b9n19 TIL the CIA once paid prostitutes to lure individuals into monitored safe houses in New York, San Francisco, & Marin. The prostitutes then gave their clients LSD and other substances while the CIA watched through one way glass.