Technology Facts
Fun facts about all things to do with technology, such as technological advancements and humanity's application of science in the field of technology.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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