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A lightning bolt reaches about 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
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In computer-speak, wysiwyg is an acronym for 'what you see is what you
get'
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The save icon on Microsoft Word shows a floppy disk, with the shutters
on backwards.
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From the smallest microprocessor to the largest mainframes, an average
American depends on more than 250 computers per day.
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Dating back to the 1600s, thermometers were filled with brandy instead
of mercury.
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Sound travels through water much faster than air. Around 4 times as fast.
Through steel, it can travel roughly 15 times faster than air.
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The quartz crystal in your wristwatch vibrates 32,768 times a second.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of 5 Megabytes.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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Plants are 90 percent water.
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In 1982 Time magazine named the computer its "Man of the Year."
