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TIL that Sony recalled camera in 1998 that could see through clothes

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ZpV7R TIL About Hazel Scott, New York Jazz singer and barrier buster, child prodigy and superstar of the 30's and 40's, she fought against and prevented audience segregation, had her own TV show and major roles in Hollywood, but ran afoul of McCarthyism which effectively turfed her career.
D1njY TIL that Samsung is the largest privately-owned company in the world, with its $305 billion revenue equivalent to 17% of South Korea's GDP
5VAbr TIL that after the Allies invaded North Africa in WW2, the Germans planned to use the powerful French navy to counterattack. The occupied French responded by scuttling their own fleet, destroying 77 ships and damaging many more. Ships burned for days, and the harbor was heavily polluted for years.
VMn8Z TIL that just inside the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City is a tiny shop that is the world’s only surviving tattoo shop for medieval pilgrims. This is Razzouk Ink, a shop run by a family who have been involved in the cultural practice of inking marks of faith on pilgrims as far back as 1300.
NLo6 TIL that a man was recovering in hospital after a car accident when all 17 of his girlfriends showed up at his bedside. None of the women were aware of each other.