Technology Facts

    Random Technology Facts

    There are 58 Technology Facts!

    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
    144
    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
    184
    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
    20
    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
    18
    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
    4
    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
    24
    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
    19
    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
    25