True Car Lover Quiz

Hundreds of years ago, Robert Hooke published a book called Micrographia that included hand-drawn images of samples observed under a microscope! Hooke, who we mentioned in a previous fact, is often credited as the discoverer of cells, after studying cork under the microscope.

The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas! These microscopes were simple in construction, using different shapes and sizes of glass with low power (6x to 10x). They were invented by the Romans.

Computers are everywhere, and they don’t take up much space. The first computer was invented in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering. The computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), weighed a mind-boggling 60,000 pounds and was larger than most studio apartments!