Monday, 19 October 2015

Random Technology Facts

Here are some bizarre/interesting facts for you to know!

·      red panda is an animal native to the Himalayas and southwestern China. The English word for red panda is ‘Firefox’ which is where the browser gets its name from – so the Firefox logo is actually a red panda, not a fox!
·      The very first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.
·      The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, was a college drop out.
 ·      The word robot comes from the Czech “robota“. This translates into forced labour, or work.
 ·     CD’s, or Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, which is the reverse of how records work.
·       The first ever VCR, which was made in 1956, was the size of a piano!
·      The first alarm clock could only ring at 4am.
·      On 1st April 2005, NASA pulled a prank telling the world that they had found water on Mars.
 ·       The radio took 38 years to reach a market audience of 50 million.
·       The television took 13 years to reach a market audience of 50 million.
·      The iPod took 3 years to reach a market audience of 50 million.
·      If you were to have your picture taken by the very first camera, you’d need to sit still for 8 hours.
·      A dentist named Alfred Southwick invented the electric chair.
·      The creators of the PNG file format wanted it to be pronounced as ‘ping’.
·      Skype is banned from the public in China.


Source: http://www.thefactsite.com/2013/02/top-100-technology-facts.html

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