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TIL that AT&T introduced 'Wirephoto' in 1924 that allowed photos to be sent over telephone lines

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xVR4o TIL that the first electronic music “synthesizer”, the Telharmonium, was built in 1896. It was 60 feet long, weighed 210 tons, and transmitted music over telegraph lines
woGlo TIL that honeybees can recognize human faces. Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to recognize faces requires a complex mammalian brain. But studies of paper wasps and honeybees have shown that some small-brained insects can manage this feat, too.
dDZv9 Til that the first windmill in California was built by the Russians in their colony in California
jMER TIL it’s possible to fool Norwegian vending machines by using a 10 SYP Coin which is 18 times less the value of ‘the identical’ 20 NOK Coin
W7wBN TIL of The Mynah Birds, a Canadian band from 1964 to 1967, which at one time featured Rick James and Neil Young playing together