Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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