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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://noc.social/users/todayilearned/statuses/112901007802099468">Today I learned (todayilearned@noc.social)'s status on Monday, 05-Aug-2024 17:30:27 JST</a><a href="https://noc.social/@todayilearned" title="todayilearned@noc.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/45561-48-20240526153207.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Today I learned" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Today I learned</a></section><article><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(inventor)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_(inventor)</a><br><a href="https://noc.social/tags/til" rel="tag">#til</a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/todayilearned" rel="tag">#todayilearned</a><br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ejim04/til_that_matches_were_not_created_until_1826_as/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1ejim04/til_that_matches_were_not_created_until_1826_as/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3477584#notice-6834187">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-05T17:30:27+09:00" title="Monday, 05-Aug-2024 17:30:27 JST">about 4 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://noc.social/@todayilearned/112901007802099468" rel="external" title="Sent from noc.social via ActivityPub">noc.social</a></span></span><a href="https://noc.social/@todayilearned/112901007802099468">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3003144">Untitled attachment</a></label><br><a href="https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/901/007/789/168/305/original/b63721eafc69ca52.jpg" rel="external">https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/901/007/789/168/305/original/b63721eafc69ca52.jpg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3003145">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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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.
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