Beccathe therarc-25 was named for its ability to kill only 25% of its patients, a big step up from the therac-50 and the therac-100
@FeloniousPunk solid shit was first invented in the 20th century
prior to that, people had diarrhea all the time
no one else plays guitar but andres segovia
Colin RowatThe word 'soar' is a procope, reflecting birds' descent from dinosaurs.
Mark Dominus@svavar Bundt cakes are named for American inventor Delbert Bundt, who worked for ALCOA in the 1950s and designed the characteristic fluted baking pan.
@svavar The cutting board was named for its inventor, James B. Cutting.
Skewray Research (ZF¬C)@simontatham Also, macular degeneration in the eyes is so called because there is a macadam layer binding the retina to the underlying tissue, and age or shock can cause it to deteriorate.
This sounds like #lowQualityFacts but actually is not, it is 100% true.
In Britain, crushed-stone road surfaces are said to be made of macadam, named for its inventor John Loudon MacAdam.
From this we also get the word “tarmac”, which is a compound of "tar" + "macadam" because tarmac is a compound of tar and macadam.
