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TIL in 1998, Sony inadvertently released a camcorder that could see through clothes. When aimed at people wearing dark clothing, the night-vision feature created an x-ray effect, meaning what ever was beneath became visible. Sony had to recall over 700,000 units after they discovered the issue.

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XDRE TIL the reason cats flex (also called kneading) their claws when sitting on your lap is due to a behavior from when it was a kitten. The kitten has to flex its claws around the mothers nipple in order to get it to start lactating. In adulthood its just re triggered from being nurtured
xVE8k TIL that Jackie Miller, a pitcher for the Chattanooga Lookouts, had struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig back to back. Her contract was canceled a few days later after the Commissioner of Baseball, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, said women couldn't play baseball because it was "too strenuous" for them.
9xQM TIL More people are bitten each year by New Yorkers than by sharks
nWdPW TIL about ‘7Up’ — in which UK sociologists interviewed 14 children aged 7 from 1964-2021 every 7 years. Documenting real-life affairs, homelessness, divorce and serendipitous convergences even between subjects in later life ‘episodes’.
j6XXa TIL about the Morning Glory cloud, a rare meteorological phenomenon. It is a cloud that can be up to 1000 km (620 mi) long and 1-2 km (0.62-1.24 mi) high. The Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia is the only known location where it can be predicted and observed regularly