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TIL Ancient Greeks had gender reveal parties. Of course they didn’t have ultrasound, but they had a ceremony called The Amphidromia where a household would present their newborn to family and community. The house was decorated outside with olive branches for a boy or with garland of wool for a girl.
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TIL in 1940 Swedish cryptographer Arne Beurling deciphered the Nazi’s T52, a machine more complex than Enigma. This way, the Swedes knew about Operation Barbarossa before it began. Since they wouldn’t reveal how this knowledge was attained, their warning to the Soviets was not treated as credible
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TIL Two teams competed to design the iPhone. Dial based hardware vs. touch screen. It wasn’t until the iPhone reveal event, that on stage, Jobs ruthlessly made it clear which team won. He showed the world the power of touch, by deleting the contact of loosing designer Tony Faddell with a single tap
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