The earliest microscopes were called flea glasses because they were predominantly used to observe small insects such as fleas!
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You might have heard that Google is named after the number googol which is 10 to the power of 100. A googolplex is 10 to the power of a googol – it could never be written on paper because the amount of zeros exceeds the number of protons in the entire universe!
The word ‘hologram’ comes from two Greek words. ‘Holo’ which means whole and ‘gamma’ which means message. Hungarian engineer and physicist, Dennis Gabor, came up with the idea of holograms in 1947 and was later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971 for the invention.
Some countries call each other names that to some might be terms of endearment, but to others might be offensive. The Australian’s referring to the English as ‘poms’ is a good example of this. You’ll often hear an Aussie call a Brit a pom, pommie or pom, usually in good humor. When the Australian Advertising Standards Board received complaints regarding the use of the term in TV ads, they investigated and ruled the term pom is not offensive. It’s origins are debated, but the best-documented theory relates it to the fruit ‘pomegranate’, it being a rhyming-slang for the word ‘immigrant’ and also the color the English turned when they spent too long beneath the Australian sun!
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You might have heard that Google is named after the number googol which is 10 to the power of 100. A googolplex is 10 to the power of a googol – it could never be written on paper because the amount of zeros exceeds the number of protons in the entire universe!
The word ‘hologram’ comes from two Greek words. ‘Holo’ which means whole and ‘gamma’ which means message. Hungarian engineer and physicist, Dennis Gabor, came up with the idea of holograms in 1947 and was later awarded the Nobel Prize in 1971 for the invention.
Some countries call each other names that to some might be terms of endearment, but to others might be offensive. The Australian’s referring to the English as ‘poms’ is a good example of this. You’ll often hear an Aussie call a Brit a pom, pommie or pom, usually in good humor. When the Australian Advertising Standards Board received complaints regarding the use of the term in TV ads, they investigated and ruled the term pom is not offensive. It’s origins are debated, but the best-documented theory relates it to the fruit ‘pomegranate’, it being a rhyming-slang for the word ‘immigrant’ and also the color the English turned when they spent too long beneath the Australian sun!
Over 40 billion photos have been shared on Instagram since it was founded in October, 2010. There are more than 4.2 billion Instagram likes per day. When the video function was introduced, an astonishing 5 million videos were uploaded in the first 24 hours!
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