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TIL Today is the 197th birthday of the author of the first computer algorithm, Ada Lovelace.

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Z8mG4 TIL The letter sent by the FBI to the band NWA, made famous in the film Straight Outta Compton is now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The letter said the song Fuck Tha Police promoted “violence against and disrespect for the law-enforcement officer"
jAwn TIL: Mexico City is sinking as much as 15 inches a year!
lNlN TIL that in 1892 New Orleans transit workers went on strike to reduce their workday from 16 to 12 hours a day.
Rwk6 TIL The Battle of Cannae is considered one of the worst single defeats in Western Military history. Rome lost 50,000 troops, 80 Senators and a Consul in a single day to the forces of Carthage.
QJA5d TIL that during World War II, the US Navy’s Third Fleet and Fifth Fleet were largely composed of the same ships. The change in Fleet numbers was used to designate which Admiral was in command at the time ( Halsey or Spruance) and to make the Japanese think there were twice as many ships.