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Lkypr TIL British-made A.D.E. 651 advertised as a foolproof bomb detector. Tens of millions of dollars’ worth were bought by Baghdad military. They turned out to be pieces of plastic with antennae glued on at the end and their batteries were business cards with the word C4 markered on them.
BkwD TIL that in 1968, the first instance on US television of physical contact between a black man (Harry Bellafonte) and a white woman (Petula Clark, who took hold of his arm when signing) made it to the screen only because Clark and her husband, destroyed all the takes where the contact did not occur.
M7y4a TIL - 50 years ago the first F-16 flew accidentally after a runway test went wrong and the pilot thought "Let it fly away."
v16kL TIL that plain grey shirt Mark Zuckerburg wears all the time costs between $300 and $400
4YKw TIL Inkjet printers contain a “Waste Ink Reservoir” that wastes on average 25% of all your ink.