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TIL recording sound on magnetic wires was used before magnetic tapes in the early 1900s, and use of magnetic wires persisted into the 1960s for recorders designed for stealth use, including one with a microphone disguised as a wristwatch

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5VoEr TIL that FIFA funded a movie about the origins of FIFA itself, called "United Passions". It was also a major box-office bomb, losing $26.8 million worldwide, and is considered to be one of the worst films of all time
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J1QZm TIL European food used to be spicy like Indian food
loxyr TIL that Cement is the most widely used material in existence and is the second most consumed resource on earth, behind water.
b9R60 TIL that LIMES are actually YELLOW when they are RIPE