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TIL about Cathay Williams, the first African-American woman to serve in the United States military. She joined in 1866 under a male pseudonym of William Cathay.

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4X9ka TIL that advanced robotics startup RoboKind is working with up to 50 school districts to subsidize $500,000 in software development education.
9bdr TIL of a man named Simon Bunce who was arrested for buying child porn online, and lost his job and family over it, only to be revealed that someone in Indonesia hacked his credit card.
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