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The first webcam wasn’t for video calls - scientists built it in 1991 so they could check whether their coffee pot was empty without walking to the kitchen.

Source: Digital Archaeology

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Studies show that judges rule more favourably early in the day or after breaks; favourable rulings can drop from 65% to near zero as fatigue sets in before lunch or at the end of the day.

Thomas Harris, creator of Hannibal Lecter, has written just six novels in 50 years - and five were adapted into films.

The Channel Tunnel - the underwater rail link between England and France - was first proposed in 1802 but delayed for nearly 200 years over fears that the French might use it to invade.

Breast milk gradually increases in fat content as the day goes on, with the highest levels typically appearing in the mid-evening.

The U.S. once had a long-lost state called Franklin, formed in 1784 in what is now eastern Tennessee. It collapsed by 1788 after failing to win congressional support for statehood and running into political and financial chaos.

The man who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911 - Vincenzo Peruggia - served only seven months in prison, partly because the court psychiatrist classified him as an imbecile, which reduced his sentence.

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