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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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x6jZw TIL an animated Robocop series aired in 1988 for 12 episodes. 13 episodes were ordered but only 12 were made because the budget for the 13th funded the intended pilot for an X-Men animated series called "Pryde of the X-Men" which the 1992 Konami X-Men arcade is based on.
ANJDg TIL in 2013 Jeff Bezoz launched a 3 month expedition to recover a F1 engine used on the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket from a depth of 14,000 feet off the floor of the Atlantic ocean. The engine currently resides in the National Air and Space Museum and is the only recovered flown F1 engine.
x68x1 Til The letters of last resort are 4 identically worded handwritten letters from the prime minister of the UK to the commanding officers of the 4 British ballistic missile submarines. They contain orders on what action to take if an enemy nuclear strike has destroyed the British government.
0nYA TIL that if you have a kidney stone and you ride Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad then you have a 70% chance at passing the kidney stone.
v14nR TIL that I accidentally set a "World Record" for pinching 500 candle wicks with my fingers. It was a stupid idea that turned out to be a first for world records.