HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple have one thing in common – apart from the obvious that they are IT companies. They were all started in garages.
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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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In Korea, a child’s first birthday is the most important. In one part of the celebration, several items are placed on a table. The one that the baby picks up first is said to predict their future.
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Diamonds can be shattered with a hammer.
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The first South Park episode was made with construction paper. It took 3 months to make.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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