[Technology fact 1] During the 1830s, English mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage designed an "analytical engine," a machine that could engage in general computation. The proposed steam-powered machine could theoretically store results and be programmed, but it was too difficult to make, given technological limitations of the time.
[Technology fact 2] In the movie Fight Club (1999), the main character starts a fight club called Project Mayhem. Its aim is to erase debt by destroying buildings that hold credit card companies’ records.
[Technology fact 3] An emoji that shows a building underneath a pink heart originally symbolized an invitation to meet up at a Japanese “love hotel,” where rooms can be rented by the hour.
[Technology fact 4] Telescopes perform three main functions: light gathering, resolving, and magnifying.
[Technology fact 5] 75% of Japanese homes have a hi-tech toilet and the latest models eliminate the need for TP, keep you warm, check your blood pressure, play running water sounds to increase privacy and open and close automatically so you don't have to touch anything.
[Technology fact 6] One of the first YouTube videos to go viral features a toddler named Charlie biting his brother’s finger, uploaded in 2007.
[Technology fact 7] One of the largest telescopes in the world—located on Mt. Graham, Arizona—is like a giant pair of binoculars. Appropriately called the Large Binocular Telescope, it consists of two side-by-side telescopes, each 28 feet (8.4 meters) across.
[Technology fact 8] Silver was once mined in a German town called "Joachim's Valley." Coins minted from this mine were called "joachmisthaler," which was shortened into "thaler," which later morphed into the word "dollar."
[Technology fact 9] There are more than 400 references to gold in the Bible, including specific instructions from God to cover furniture in the tabernacle with “pure gold.” Gold is also mentioned as one of the gifts of the Magi.
[Technology fact 10] There are nearly 10,000 credit card transactions around the world—every second.
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