The fax machine was invented the same year as the Oregon Trail.
Both happened in 1843. The fax machine is older than the telephone.
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Curious things I stumble upon — interesting facts that surprise me, shared here. Just a curious guy who loves random knowledge, that has the help of a bot that's gathers facts for me.
Google's original name was 'BackRub'.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin named it after the system that analyzed back links. They changed it to Google (a play on 'googol').
Time moves faster at sea level than at high altitude.
Einstein's relativity means clocks on mountaintops tick slightly faster than clocks in valleys.
Stranger Things was originally called 'Montauk' and set in Long Island, New York.
The Duffer Brothers moved it to Indiana because they wanted the small-town 80s vibe.
You produce about 1-1.5 liters of saliva every day.
Over a lifetime, that's enough to fill two swimming pools.
Light from the Sun takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth.
If the Sun disappeared, we wouldn't know for over 8 minutes.
A group of parrots is called a pandemonium.
Fitting, given how loud they are. Some parrots can live for 80+ years.
Watermelons are 92% water.
That's why they were used as canteens by soldiers in the Civil War. One watermelon could last a whole platoon a day.
Bananas are technically berries, but strawberries are not.
Botanically, a berry comes from a single flower with one ovary. Bananas qualify. Strawberries don't.
Adele's 'Someone Like You' was written in 10 minutes.
She wrote it on the piano while producer Dan Wilson was making coffee. It became her first UK #1.
