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TIL the first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975 but then dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photographic-film business

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D61j TIL in 1956 French Prime Minister Guy Mollet proposed a union between the United Kingdom and France with Elizabeth II as head of state and a common citizenship
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