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Random Facts #1

 Hello guys 👋 as I told yesterday from today we are moving on to random facts from tech facts so, let's get straight into it. 1) The popular board game "Snakes and Ladders" was originated in India to teach children about karma. Credits:  Wikipedia.org 2) Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela are the only non-indians to be awarded the Bharat Ratna. Credits:  rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in Credits:  Wikipedia.org 3) Indian Holi is similar to Spanish festival La Tomatina. The only difference is Holi colours are replaced with ripe tomatoes. Credits:  theculturetrip.com Credits:  ibitimes.co.in 4) India has the largest postal system in the world with almost 1,55,000 or 155,000 post offices. Credits:  upost.gov.in 5) There are over 6,500 languages spoken in the world 🌍. Really fascinating isn't it? evolving from a monkey 🐵 to human 🧔 and speaking thousands of languages. Credits:  freepik.com 6) Do you know that Koalas 🐨 can sleep upto 20 hours p...
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Tech Facts #7

 Hello everyone 😁 back with another 10 interesting tech facts let's start

1) Google servers release 200 tons of CO2 per day because all the data servers having the information we need when we search for something, these data centers are connected with undersea cables, switches and routers. These requires lot of energy and emit CO2 because they burn fossil fuels to get the needed energy.

 

Credits: fastcompany.com


2) In 2010, there was a race between a 11- month old pigeon that was armed with a 4GB memory stick and ADSL a popular broadband company in Africa. The pigeon won the race as it took only two hours to carry the data up to 60 miles while only 4% of data only was sent by ADSL.

Credits: wildlabs.net

3) The first computer bug was actually a insect bug 🐞 inside the computer's hardware. It was found by Grace Hopper on Sept 9,1947 at Harvard university, Cambridge, Massachusetts. His computer was constantly showing errors and when they opened the computer there was a bug disrupting the electronics of the computer.

Credits: demystifyingcobol.com


4) 3D printing is also possible in zero gravity. It is a silicon valley startup at the NASA Ames research center and was sent to international space station in 2014. This will help astronauts to repair broken equipments. 

Credits: space.com


5) The codename of the project was "Interface Manager". The head of the marketing department at Microsoft convinced the company that the "Windows" name would be more appealing to customers. 

Credits: YouTube.com


6) The first iPhone didn't have an app store until one year. It was launched with an initial 500 applications available.

Credits: theverge.com


7) The digital wrist watch inspired by a sci-fi movie. The first appearance of smartwatch was in 1932s in the "Dick Tracy" comic strips.

Credits: Amazon.com


8) The high speed of internet on Moon 🌝 is 19.44 Mbps. I feel ashame as I have only 3-8 Mbps speed in my location 😂.

Credits: newstatesman.com


9) I LOVE YOU virus was one of the most viral computer viruses that that is worn spread via emails. It infected millions of PCs in May 2000. It caused $15billion damage.

Credits: YouTube.com


10) The first ever online transaction took place in 1972 and what's more interesting is it was a drug deal😂 . It was done by students in Stanford university in California and MIT in Massachusetts using an ARPANET account in their artificial intelligence lab they sold a small amount of marijuana to their counterparts.

Credits: Twitter.com

That's the end of the post guys hope you found these facts interesting and become more wiser. 

                 Thank you for reading 😊

Author: Ganesh Ram.

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