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Top 100 Technology Facts by Costarit: 6:06pm On Jun 17, 2018
Technology has made an incredible advancement over the past 20 years, and the future of technology to some may seem unsettling, while to others it may be exciting. Here we’re going to look at 100 interesting facts about old-school technology, as well as present and futuristic tech.

1. A red panda is an animal native to the Himalayas and southwestern China. The English word for red panda is ‘Firefox’ which is where the browser gets its name from – so the Firefox logo is actually a red panda, not a fox!

2. Dragon Skin Body Armor is a newer invention that can withstand a grenade explosion at point-blank range.

3. The very first Apple logo featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting underneath a tree, with an apple about to hit his head.

4. Google rents out goats from a company called California Grazing to help cut down the amount of weeds and brush at Google HQ!

5. The founder of Microsoft , Bill Gates, was a college drop out.

6. Bill Gates house was designed using a Macintosh Computer.

7. The word robot comes from the Czech “ robota “. This translates into forced labor, or work.

8. CD’s, or Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, which is the reverse of how records work.

9. You cannot reverse a Bitcoin transaction, or be forced to pay.

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Re: Top 100 Technology Facts by TajRundle: 8:28am On Sep 20, 2022
Science and technology are not separate fields. They go together. Science is the study of the natural world, and technology is the human invention that uses science to help us do things so you can easily check fax solution for business growth. In fact, all scientific discoveries involve technology in some way, even if it's just a telescope or microscope or a computer program that helps scientists analyze data.

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