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TIL the first digital computer, ENIAC, was programmed by six women in the 1940s. Fran Bilas, Betty Jennings, Ruth Lichterman, Kay McNulty, Betty Snyder, and Marlyn Wescoff's contributions were overlooked for decades. Their pioneering work laid the foundation for modern computing. [source, comments]

TIL that as the Soviet Union collapsed, a cosmonaut named Sergei Krikalev was left stranded on board a Soviet space station. Because of this, he spent 311 consecutive days in space, twice as long as was originally planned. [source, comments]

Swiss Song of the Day 🇨🇭🇬🇭: Pronto - from Solothurn with Ghananian roots -  had his breaktrough with the song "Clean" in 2017. You could consider him one of the first succesful Swiss mumble rappers. Which in this case is meant literal. Even though he mostly raps in Swiss-German, it became a running gag among Swiss listeners that they don't understand the lyrics. Be it as it may: this is probably part of the success and he could establish an international fanbase. On a side note: my little brother designed Pronto's first logo.
I picked "Bon Bon" because I like the beat, visuals and the overall chill vibe.
http://song.link/y/NzjYF6GALCo

TIL: The Manhattan Project considered poisoning Germany's food supply with radioactive strontium-90 [source, comments]

Once every few years since my history teachers at high school showed it to us, I rewatch the documentary "The Fog of War". If you need an introduction to cynical US foreign affairs in WW2 and Cold War this is a must-watch.

Song of the day 🦊🏙RIP: https://open.spotify.com/track/3E2eMXAAOViUsVKbL0vQip

TIL The Journal of Forensic Sciences looked at 400 movies and 126 fictional villains and concluded “No Country for Old Men”Anton Chigurh as the most realistic villain [source, comments]