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TIL, "In fact, the famous five and six-digit number tattooed on the arms of Auschwitz inmates began as a punch card system identification number."

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Yup. I learned this today too. And I'm Polish, which has the benefit of being taught a lot about Nazi concentration camps (especially Auschwitz) in school. Somehow I never heard of IBM's involvement before.

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