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TIL that is was actually an engineer from Kodak that invented the digital camera. The rest is history.

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Z8wRR TIL that when falconers want to breed falcons, they wear special sex hats with pockets to catch falcon semen. Birds reared by humans often sexually imprint on the falconer. The sex hat encourages the falcon to copulate with the falconers head and collects its sperm for artificial insemination.
RKB8 TIL after the Italian Armistice during World War 2, an Italian Division chose to resist the Germans they were stationed with who demanded they give up their arms. This ended with the Germans massacring over 5000 of the Italians including those who had surrendered.
neQxG TIL that England experiences large spikes in power demand during half-time at football games due to widespread use of electric kettles
ZpdPp TIL that the music for the Christmas carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was taken from a cantata that was originally written by Felix Mendelssohn to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Gutenberg's printing press
Z8xx4 Space is not empty, nor is it silent. While technically a vacuum, space nonetheless contains energetic charged particles, governed by magnetic and electric fields, and it behaves, unlike anything we experience on Earth. In regions laced with magnetic fields, such as the space environment surrounding our planet, particles are continually tossed to and fro by the motion of various electromagnetic waves known as plasma waves. These plasma waves, like the roaring ocean surf, create a rhythmic cacophony that — with the right tools — we can hear across space.