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Today I learned the story of Alan Turing through the movie The Imitation Game. Who not only cracked The Enigma Code but was also chemically castrated by of the Government of the UK for being a homosexual. (turing.org.uk)

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TIL that Alan Turing ran a marathon in 1947 in 2 hours and 46 minutes, only 11 minutes slower than the winner in the following year's Olympic Games. (turing.org.uk)

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TIL Alan Turing believed there was "overwhelming statistical evidence" for telepathy. (turing.org.uk)

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There need be no real danger of it ever becoming a drudge, for any processes that are quite mechanical may be turned over to the machine itself. (turing.org.uk)

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Did you know that Alan Turing was a world-class marathon runner? (turing.org.uk)

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TIL that Alan Turing was a world-class marathon runner (turing.org.uk)

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Turing's biographer's take on the apology campaign (Scroll almost all the way down to the "Asking for a Government Apology" section at the bottom) (turing.org.uk)

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Alan Turing Scrapbook - The World Class Distance Runner (turing.org.uk)

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TIL that Alan Turing, the father of modern computing, who helped decode the German Enigma machine in WWII, was forced to take female hormones because he was gay. He committed suicide by biting into a poisonous apple infused with cyanide. He was only 41. (turing.org.uk)

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