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TIL the first product SONY came out with was a rice cooker
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TIL Leonardo Da Vinci sketched a design for an armor-clad robot. A robot was built based on the sketch and was found to be fully functional
KYmo4
TIL that technically speaking, Gagarin's spaceflight is deemed as an "uncompleted spaceflight" per Section 8, paragraph 2.15, item b of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) sporting code because he was ejected out of his capsule before landing
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TIL that spiked dog collars were invented in ancient Greece and were originally designed to protect the dogs throat from wolf attacks
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TIL in the 50-plus year history of the Japanese bullet train system, carrying over 5.3 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents.
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TIL Pink Floyd is inducted into the National Association of Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame for their services to the brick industry through their 1979 album, "The Wall".