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TIL the space between your eyebrows is called the Glabella

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8YeX TIL that the first programmer for the ENIAC was Jean Bartik, who learned to program the computer with no manual and only by looking schematic diagram as she did not have the clearance to see the computer.
YpwAZ TIL in 1966, model Nell Theobald garnered fame after she was attacked by a lion during a BMW photo shoot at the International Automobile Show. She used the money she received in the lawsuit settlement to intensify her obsessive stalking of opera singer Birgit Nilsson, following her around the globe.
wLY TIL that prior to WWII, the U.S. authorized millions of dollars for “War Plan Red,” a military strategy to invade Canada and destroy Britain. However, the start of WWII prevented the plan from ever seeing the light of day.
x6mew TIL that in 1951, the Ferranti Mark 1 computer performed the first known recording of computer-generated music, playing “God Save the King”, “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, and “In the Mood”.
rNpGx TIL the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" was filmed at the Desilu Forty Acres, the same set used for The Andy Griffith Show. Floyd's barbershop appears in some of the shots.