- In 1947,a computer malfunctioned because of a moth caught in one of its circuits.A computer error has been called a Bug ever since.
2. Welsh mathematician ,Robert Recorde was the first to use the 'Equal sign'(=) in 1557.he chose the sign claiming that nothing is more equal than two parallel lines of the same length.
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5.If Helium is cold enough it will form a“Superfluid" it acts like a liquid with zero viscosity ,meaning it will actually seep through a solid ceramic container and will also climb the walls to find its own level.
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7.One million seconds is 11 days (approx),one billion seconds is about 32 years and a trillion seconds is about 32,000 years.
8. You never actually touch anything . you feel the resistance of electrons .when you cut a paper with scissors,they are not touching the paper.
9.Harley davidson once tried patenting the rumble sound by the engine of the motorcycles for six years but eventually withdrew the patent.
10. The first non- human to win an Oscar was Mickey mouse
11. Jerry West who played professionally for Los Angeles Lakers of National Basketball Association was the model for the official NBA Logo ,His silhouette appears dribbling a basketball.
12. The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head introduced in 1952.
13. The 1912 olympics were the last olympics to give out medals made entirely of gold.
14. The word “news” did not come about because it was plural of “new”.
Rather it came from the first letters of the words North,East,west,South.
This was because information was being gathered from all the directions.
15. “Almost” is the only word in English language to have all its alphabet lined alphabetically.