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TIL of Rope Memory where women would weave SOFTWARE by hand for the Apollo program

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9YNd7 TIL that before the 20th Century the word “computer” meant a person who performed large mathematical calculations by hand.
9YRL7 As if 2020 could get more wild, a whale sculpture has stopped a derailed train from crashing in Rotterdam. The metro train passed through a stop block at De Akkers station in Spijkenisse on the outskirts of Rotterdam last night.
R5d74 TIL that Winston Churchill loved cats, while Adolph Hitler was said to despise them.
mxOAP TIL the 2008 financial crash directly led to 6566 suicides, causing more deaths than the September 11 attacks.
Me7Q0 TIL the American Soccer League made soccer fairly popular in the U.S. in the 1920's. However, FIFA and the United States Football Association forced the ASL to fold in 1933, creating the image of soccer being a foreign and unwelcoming sport to americans.