The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
Markus Persson (known as Notch to fans) took only 6 days to create the very first version of Minecraft. Amazingly, the game was published the day after it was completed. However, it took Persson’s company, Mojang AB, another 2 years to release what they thought was the first full version of the game.
Fictional icon James Bond was named after an ornithologist with the same name. Author Ian Fleming took the name from a birdwatching book because he wanted the dangerous superspy to have a name that was “as mundane as possible.”
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There are over 17 million articles on Wikipedia, making it the largest encyclopedia put together, taking the crown away from the Yongle encyclopedia, which had held the record for 600 years! In order to keep the entries up-to-date, there have been over one billion edits on Wikipedia!
Markus Persson (known as Notch to fans) took only 6 days to create the very first version of Minecraft. Amazingly, the game was published the day after it was completed. However, it took Persson’s company, Mojang AB, another 2 years to release what they thought was the first full version of the game.
Fictional icon James Bond was named after an ornithologist with the same name. Author Ian Fleming took the name from a birdwatching book because he wanted the dangerous superspy to have a name that was “as mundane as possible.”
The first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.
Tech companies often test new products in New Zealand. The reasons for this? The country is diverse, its residents speak English, and if a product is a flop, news doesn't spread as fast because it is relatively isolated.
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