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TIL: The first (domestic) bread-making appliance was invented & released in Japan in 1986 by Matsushita

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JY4Ml TIL of a study which suggests melatonin, the hormone associated with control of our sleep-wake cycles, evolved 700 million years ago from our tiny oceangoing ancestors that would swim to the surface of the sea at twilight and then sink into the depths of the ocean in a sleepy fall through the night.
aw86b TIL that the ancient Romans built an artificial waterfall which to this day is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world.
VBpam TIL about a "new" form of phishing attack called browser in the browser aka BitB , which replicate a login window inside the page to steal login data, and it is scarry !
awEbN TIL a Louis XIV naval shipyard built a 40 canon vessel in 7 hours only, on 13 July 1679
kJ6pe TIL: that the actual lyrics to Lady Gaga‘s Poker Face are not „pah pah pah pah Pokerface, pah pah Pokerface“ but👀..