In 1693, the postage rate of a letter was determined by how much light went through the letter. The less the light went through the letter the more expensive the rate would be. This technique was referred to as candling.

Wilhelm Rontgen won the first Nobel Prize for physics for discovering X-rays in 1895.

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it is known as Tennessee.

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