WTF Fun Fact – Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known “computer” in the world. It was used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – First Cell Phone The Brick
The first cell phone was the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X aka ‘The Brick’. It was designed by Rudy Krolopp in April … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Facebook AI Chatbots Create Own Language
Facebook created two AI chatbots named Alice and Bob but shut them down when they stopped communicating in English because … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Snotbot Drones
Oceanographers and engineers in California have created ‘snotbots’, which are drones that collect spray from whales’ blowholes. – WTF Fun … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Human-Monkey Hybrid
In 2019, the world’s first human-monkey hybrid was created in China. Scientists injected human stem cells into the monkey embryo … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Coal Plant Radiation
You receive a higher dose of radiation living next to a coal plant than you do a nuclear plant. This … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – RAMAC IBM Computer
IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD) in September 1956. The HDD weighed … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Jarvis The Real AI
Mark Zuckerberg created an AI assistant for his home named Jarvis, after the butler in Iron Man, that is voiced … Read More & Source