In 2014, Sony created a new cassette tape capable of holding 185 terabytes, or 148 gigabits per square inch. That’s the equivalent of 11,840 16 gigabytes iPhone’s or about 3,700 Blu-ray discs. – WTF Fun Facts
Tech
WTF Fun Fact – The Fraud Behind The Microsoft Sound
The iconic startup sound for Microsoft’s Windows 95 aka “The Microsoft Sound” was made by ambient music artist Brian Eno on a Macintosh. The artist has never used a Windows PC. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Shinkansen’s Perfect Record
In the 50-plus year history of the Japanese Shinkansen or bullet train system, carrying over 10 billion passengers, there has been not a single passenger fatality or injury due to train accidents. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – BackRub
In 1996, the search engine Google was known as “BackRub” alluding to how the program analyzed the internet’s “back links” to understand how popular and important a website was. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/the-true-story-behind-googles-first-name-backrub-2015-10?r=US&IR=T
WTF Fun Fact – World’s First Holographic Protest
In 2015, the world’s first holographic protest was held in Madrid outside of one of their parliament buildings. They were protesting a new law which organizers said criminalizes the right to protest. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/12/europe/spain-hologram-protest/
WTF Fun Fact – Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope
China has built the world’s largest single-dish radio observatory (FAST) at a cost of $171 million. The telescope, also known as the ‘Eye of Heaven’, took 5 years to build in a remote area in southwest China. Its 500m-wide dish is made up of ~4,400 individual, adjustable aluminum panels. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Paul Brown’s Squeeze Bottle Valve
Paul Brown invented the upside-down squeeze bottle valve in 1991 after 111 failed prototypes. He then sold his product to everyone from shampoo companies to Heinz to NASA. Four years later he sold his company for $13 million. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://thepatentprofessor.com/this-plucky-inventor-turned-our-world-upside-down/
WTF Fun Fact – First Online Purchase
In 1984 at age 72, Jane Snowball was the first person to “shop online” from her home when she ordered groceries from Tesco supermarket via Videotex. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Smart Straw Detects Date Rape Drug
Three students from Miami have developed a simple straw that can test whether or not your drink has been spiked. The “smart straw” changes color when it comes into contact with three of the most common “date rape drugs”. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.intelligentliving.co/three-young-girls-invent-straw-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/