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TIL ARM processors are a descendent of the Acorn RISC machines I learned Logo on in primary school

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9jA7 TIL that in 1910, Alice Stebbins Wells was sworn in as the first policewoman in the United States by the Los Angeles Police Department and was issued a standard badge. When she was accused of impersonating her husband, LAPD presented her with “Policewoman’s Badge Number One”.
rR04e TIL the first woman didn't run a mile in under 5 minutes until 1954. Today, most good high school track runners easily run a mile in under 5 minutes.
PNGE TIL there’s a 37% chance that the Cascadia fault will produce an earthquake within in the next 50 years powerful enough to destroy the Pacific NW.
kJZde TIL about Ring Theory; a psychological model that essentially serves as an instruction guide for who you are allowed to trauma dump on if you are emotionally affected from knowing someone that has experienced trauma.
NJle TIL that in the days after hurricane Katrina, doctors at Memorial Hospital NOLA, began to euthanize patients that were deemed too sick to save.