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| Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:35pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
I came across these so I decided to share it with you guys 1. 1903 The first powered flight took place in the US. The plane, the Wright Flyer, was made of wood and cloth.
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:37pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1977 The first personal computers were large, chunky machines that had very little memory compared to today’s models.
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:39pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1885 Karl Benz made the first gasoline- powered car in Germany. By 1896, there were 130 Benz cars on the roads
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:41pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1979 This year saw the first public cell- phone system, in Japan.
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:44pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1998 The first handheld E-book reader could store 10 books or 4,000 pages
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:46pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1982 The first compact discs were jointly produced by electronics companies Philips and Sony Corporation.
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:49pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1957 The Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 was the first man-made space satellite.
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:51pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
1878 The light bulb was invented around the same time in two different countries—by Thomas Edison in the US and Joseph Swan in Britain
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| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 3:52pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
more to come |
| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by ifex370(m): 4:51pm On Mar 16, 2015 |
space.   |
| Re: Awesome Facts You Need To Know by Jamie1360(op): 7:40am On Mar 18, 2015 |
ifex370:what's funny? |
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