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TIL That the camera company Kodak created the world's first digital camera in 1975 but chose not to produce any digital products for FIFTEEN YEARS, because they were worried that it might eat into their sales of analog film. By that point the market was crowded and they never recovered.

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9YykX TIL that one of the 7 ancient worldwonders, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, probably did not exist. Scientists have not found any evidence of its existence even today. It is now assumed that the gardens either stood somewhere else, or they were merely a myth of writers.
QJMYp TIL every major vehicle flown from Cape Canaveral has been wired with a remote explosive destruct system to be used if the vehicle should travel off course and towards populated areas
D1p5g TIL the "bus factor" is the minimum number of team members that have to suddenly disappear from a project before it fails due to lack of knowledgeable or competent personnel.
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7rEkX TIL that Rome was not the capital of the Western Roman Empire until its fall. The capital was moved to Mediolanum and Ravenna in the last centuries.