A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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During the Black Plague, it was thought that bad smells were the cause of the plague. "Plague Doctors" therefore wore masks with long beak-like noses stuffed with flowers or smoke to hide the smells.
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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In 1949, an official boxing match between a bear and a man was held. The bear won.
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There's a bar in Ireland (presently named Sean’s Bar) that was opened in 900AD.
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The oldest glowing lightbulb was first switched on in 1901 and lives in fire stations in Livermore, CA. It is known as the Centennial Light.
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