Technology Facts

    Random Technology Facts

    There are 58 Technology Facts!

    UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
    2
    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
    70
    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
    210
    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
    27
    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
    56
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth is named after the Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" who ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. The wireless protocol is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the King's runic initials.
    30
    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
    55
    The life boat was patented in 1845!
    29