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technical fact number 1
The Firefox logo isn’t a fox.
There is a common misbelief that because the browser is named Firefox, the logo must be a fox
technical fact number 2
The first Apple logo isn’t what you would think.
Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head.
It was designed back in 1976 and featured a phrase around the border which read “Newton…A mind forever vo yaging through strange seas of thought…alone
technical fact number 3
Google rents out goats.
You read that right, instead of mowing their lawn, Google rents goats to eat the grass at their Mountain View headquarters.
A herder will bring 200 goats which are herded by a border collie named Jen.
technical fact number 4
The name for “robot” has dark origins.
If you look into the etymology of “robot,” it comes from the Czech word “robota” which translates to forced labor or work.
The word was first used to refer to a fictional humanoid in a play in 1920.
technical fact number 5
The first ever VCR was the size of a piano.
When the first VCR (Video Camera Recorder) was made in 1956, it was the size of a piano.
Way bigger than I would have guessed!
technical fact number 6
Samsung is 38 years and 1 month older than Apple.
Samsung was founded as a grocery store on March 1, 1938, by Lee Byung-Chull.
Apple Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer Inc. on April 1, 1976
technical fact number 7
A Petabyte is a lot of data
We all know 1 GB is the same 1024 MB, but did you know that 1 petabyte (PB) is equivalent to 1024 terabytes (TB)?
To give an example of how big this is, a 1 PB hard drive could hold 13.3 years of HD-TV video.
A 50 PB hard drive could hold the entire written works of mankind, from the beginning of recorded history, in all languages.
technical fact number 8
Domain name registration used to be free.
Way back when people didn’t realize how huge the internet would be, registering a domain name was free until 1995
When a fee was introduced, it was high! Prices were typically $100 for two years of registration
technical fact number 9
Megabytes used to weigh hundreds of pounds.
More specifically, 5 megabytes of data weighed one ton.
In 1956, the first computer had something similar to a hard drive.
At the time, it was a huge leap in storage capabilities, but the cabinet that contained the hard drive weighed over 2,200 pounds and could hold 5 MBs of data
technical fact number 10
The Radio took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million.
You would think the invention of the radio would be a big deal, but it took 38 years for the radio to reach an audience of 50 million.
Meanwhile, the iPod only took 3 years to reach the same milestone
welcome to The top 10 technical fact
technical fact number 1
The Firefox logo isn’t a fox.
There is a common misbelief that because the browser is named Firefox, the logo must be a fox
technical fact number 2
The first Apple logo isn’t what you would think.
Originally, it featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting beneath a tree, with an apple about to fall on his head.
It was designed back in 1976 and featured a phrase around the border which read “Newton…A mind forever vo yaging through strange seas of thought…alone
technical fact number 3
Google rents out goats.
You read that right, instead of mowing their lawn, Google rents goats to eat the grass at their Mountain View headquarters.
A herder will bring 200 goats which are herded by a border collie named Jen.
technical fact number 4
The name for “robot” has dark origins.
If you look into the etymology of “robot,” it comes from the Czech word “robota” which translates to forced labor or work.
The word was first used to refer to a fictional humanoid in a play in 1920.
technical fact number 5
The first ever VCR was the size of a piano.
When the first VCR (Video Camera Recorder) was made in 1956, it was the size of a piano.
Way bigger than I would have guessed!
technical fact number 6
Samsung is 38 years and 1 month older than Apple.
Samsung was founded as a grocery store on March 1, 1938, by Lee Byung-Chull.
Apple Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak created Apple Computer Inc. on April 1, 1976
technical fact number 7
A Petabyte is a lot of data
We all know 1 GB is the same 1024 MB, but did you know that 1 petabyte (PB) is equivalent to 1024 terabytes (TB)?
To give an example of how big this is, a 1 PB hard drive could hold 13.3 years of HD-TV video.
A 50 PB hard drive could hold the entire written works of mankind, from the beginning of recorded history, in all languages.
technical fact number 8
Domain name registration used to be free.
Way back when people didn’t realize how huge the internet would be, registering a domain name was free until 1995
When a fee was introduced, it was high! Prices were typically $100 for two years of registration
technical fact number 9
Megabytes used to weigh hundreds of pounds.
More specifically, 5 megabytes of data weighed one ton.
In 1956, the first computer had something similar to a hard drive.
At the time, it was a huge leap in storage capabilities, but the cabinet that contained the hard drive weighed over 2,200 pounds and could hold 5 MBs of data
technical fact number 10
The Radio took 38 years to reach an audience of 50 million.
You would think the invention of the radio would be a big deal, but it took 38 years for the radio to reach an audience of 50 million.
Meanwhile, the iPod only took 3 years to reach the same milestone