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TIL Sony released a camcorder in 1998 that could inadvertently see through people's clothing.

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Z8yM4 TIL that Teddy Roosevelt summited the Matterhorn in 1881, while on his honeymoon in Switzerland. He wrote his sister, "It was like going up and down enormous stairs on your hands and knees for nine hours."
a8kNy TIL the iconic cutoff sweatshirt look for 1983's Flashdance was created on accident. Actress Jennifer Beals accidentally left her favorite sweatshirt in the dryer too long and shrunk it. She cut out the neck hole in order to fit her head through and went to a wardrobe fitting. The director loved it.
ooVW TIL the first artificial insemination took place in 1884 when a med professor injected his unconscious patient with the semen of “his most handsome student”, unbeknownst to both the woman and her infertile husband.
5R0p TIL that an Apollo astronaut lost his wedding ring during his trip to the moon… and found it again during a spacewalk.
LQOPm TIL From 2002 to 2011, accidents on backyard trampolines accounted for nearly 289,000 visits to emergency rooms for broken bones. Factor in all accidents, not just fractures, and the tally rises to more than 1 million ER visits.