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   Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 17:30:27 JST Today I learned

   TIL that matches were not created until 1826. As John Walker swirled a pot of chemicals, a lump formed at the end of the mixing stick. He tried peeling the dried chemicals off, burning the stick, and inadvertently creating matches.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(inventor)
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   https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ejim04/til_that_matches_were_not_created_until_1826_as/