A Kodak engineer constructed the first digital camera in 1975. They didn't want to go digital. They went bankrupt in 2012.
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In 1956, the IBM 350 hard disk drive had 3.75 MB of storage, weighed over 2000 lbs, had to be moved around with forklifts, and was delivered via large cargo airplanes.
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Sifrhippus was a species of horse about the size of an average duck and roamed North America 56 million years ago.
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In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.
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Alligator snapping turtles can live for over 150 years. Scientists know this because some of the turtles had musket balls in their stomachs.
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20 years ago, there were only 130 websites, Google wasn't around, and you had to pay for an email account through an ISP.
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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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