WTF Fun Fact – Hand Squeezed Vs Juice Machine
A startup, Juicero, lost $120 million of investor money after customers realized their $700 juicing machine that squeezed bags of … Read More & Source
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WTF Fun Fact – Stephen Hawking On The Immortality Drive
The DNA sequence of Stephen Hawking is stored on a hard disk, called the “Immortality Drive,” onboard the ISS. He … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – First Robot With Citizenship
In 2017, social robot Sophia was given citizenship by Saudi Arabia – the first robot to be given legal personhood … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Aston Martin Submarine
Aston Martin partnered with submarine maker Triton to develop a limited edition submarine known as Project Neptune. The submarine seats … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Google Maps Of Other Planets
There’s a Google Map for Mercury, Venus, Earth’s moon, Mars, Pluto, three out of four of Jupiter’s moons, and all … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Type-in Programs
In the early days of home computers (late 1970’s to early 80’s), computer magazines featured code listings that readers would … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Dynasphere
The Dynasphere was a monowheel vehicle design which was patented in 1930 by Dr J. A. Purves. Purves’ idea was … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Segway Owner Dies Riding Segway
James William “Jimi” Heselde purchased the Segway Company in 2009. Nine months later he died after falling off a cliff … Read More & Source
WTF Fun Fact – Nokia Message Tones
In old Nokia phones, the standard notification tone for an SMS (text message) was simply ‘M’ (for message) in Morse … Read More & Source