The Apollo guidance computer that landed astronauts on the Moon had less power than a modern calculator.

The average person spends about two weeks of their life waiting at traffic lights.

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Your brain can store the equivalent of millions of gigabytes of information.

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The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan is one of the longest suspension bridges.

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WiFi was partly developed using technology from radio astronomy research trying to detect exploding black holes.

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Sound travels about 4 times faster through water than through air.

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The cocktail party effect allows selective attention to specific sounds.

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The first computer mouse was made of wood.

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The Code of Justinian influenced European law.

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