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TIL that in 1947, a team of engineers working on the Harvard Mark II computer discovered that the system had crashed due to an actual moth stuck in a relay, and they taped the insect into their lo... (blogs.loc.gov)
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/No_Lawyer_6375 on 2025-05-29 01:49:10+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 1947, a team of engineers working on the Harvard Mark II computer discovered that the system had crashed due to an actual moth stuck in a relay, and they taped the insect into their logbook, jokingly calling it the “first computer bug”—a term that has been used ever since.

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