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On December 23, 1947, Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, N.J., held a secret demonstration of the transistor which marked the foundation of modern electronics.
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Western Electric successfully brought sound to motion pictures and introduced systems of mobile communications which culminated in the cellular telephone.
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A 'jiffy' is a unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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Figlet, an ASCII font converter program, stands for Frank, Ian and Glenn's LETters.
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Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.
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Only one satellite has been ever been destroyed by a meteor: the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.
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A chip of silicon a quarter-inch square has the capacity of the original 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a city block.
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Plutonium - first weighed on August 20th, 1942, by University of Chicago scientists Glenn Seaborg and his colleagues - was the first man-made element.
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The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotam-eteaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokai-whenu a kitanatahu - a New Zealand hill.
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What is called a 'French kiss' in the English speaking world is known as an 'English kiss' in France.
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The skeleton of Jeremy Bentham is present at all important meetings of the University of London
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Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
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The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the 'General Purpose' vehicle, G.P.
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If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom.
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Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating
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Skunks can accurately spray their smelly fluid as far as ten feet.
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