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TIL that the first webcam ever made wasn’t for video calls it was created by scientists to check if a coffee pot was empty.

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XdyP TIL cranberries don’t grow in bogs. The fields are flooded during picking to make mass harvesting more efficient as the berries float above their vines.
JY7Nk TIL "There once was a man from Nantuckit" originally wasn't vulgar at all. First published in 1902, it goes "There once was a man from Nantucket. Who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter, named Nan, Ran away with a man. And as for the bucket, Nantucket."
KOVAw TIL The Boeing 747 Wing-Span (195 Ft or 59.4m) Is Longer Than The Wright Brothers' First Flight (120ft or 36.6m)
Y7kVB TIL as part of Project Plowshare in the 1960's, the US government evaluated exploding 550 nuclear bombs across the Negev Desert to create an alternate canal to the Suez but was abandoned after a commission found that two dozen 2 megaton test detonations caused too much radiation
wWQ8 TIL the Commodore 64 computer dominated the US computer market during the mid-80s, outselling IBM PC compatibles and Apple computers.