14 Inventions That Truly Backfired
As of 2024, it is estimated we use roughly five trillion plastic bags each year, of which less than three percent are recycled.
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15 Ambitious Facts About Amazon
In August 2013, Amazon services went offline for about 40 minutes. It's estimated this cost the company $4.8 million in losses.
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The Life and Death of Motorola
In 1984 Motorola released the world's first cellphone, the DynaTAC 8000x. It had a battery life of 35 minutes and weighed 2.5 lbs.
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18 Fast Facts About ChatGPT That You Should Know
The ChatGPT parent company, OpenAI, has received funding from several high-profile investors, including Microsoft and Elon Musk.
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9 Interesting Facts About The James Webb Space Telescope
Did you know that the James Webb Space Telescope needs to stay below −370 °F to function correctly?
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10 Amazing Facts About Sony’s PlayStation 3
The Air Force Research Laboratory built the 33rd most powerful supercomputer in the world using parts from the PlayStation 3.
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What Is Electricity?
Did you know that Thomas Edison invented the first long-lasting incandescent light bulb?
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What Is A 404 Error Page?
A 404 error is a standard HTTP error message code that means the page you were trying to reach doesn't exist.
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9 Facts About The Hashtag That You Didn’t Know
The word "hashtag" wasn't added to the Oxford Dictionary until June 2014!
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100 Interesting Facts About Your Favorite Video Games
Left 4 Dead 2 was so popular that an expansion was released eleven years after the original launch date.
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15 Interesting Facts About Bill Gates
Bill Gates' home is called Xanadu 2.0, which is a reference to the motion picture Citizen Kane.
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A Brief History Of Reddit
Did you know that the most popular subreddit is /r/announcements, with over 100 million subscribers?
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