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Fact |
Category |
Date |
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31 |
Philips introduced the first cassette tape in 1963. |
Technology > Gadgets |
08/14/08 |
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32 |
NASA's second Space Shuttle Orbiter was the Columbia. On April 12, 1981, it became the first to fly into Earth orbit. |
Technology |
11/02/08 |
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33 |
NASA's first Space Shuttle Orbiter was the Enterprise. Its first flight was February 18, 1977. |
Technology |
11/12/08 |
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34 |
Mozilla Firefox was first released on November 9, 2004. |
Technology |
07/09/08 |
|
35 |
MIME is abbreviated as Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. |
Technology > Internet |
07/25/14 |
|
36 |
Milton Bradley, known for creating several board games, invented the paper cutter. |
Technology > Gadgets |
01/31/09 |
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37 |
Microsoft Word is a word processing application. |
Technology |
05/21/08 |
|
38 |
Microsoft Windows XP was released October 25, 2001. |
Technology > Computers |
09/26/08 |
|
39 |
Microsoft Powerpoint is a presentation software. |
Technology |
06/13/08 |
|
40 |
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application. |
Technology |
05/21/08 |
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41 |
Lewis Waterman, an American, patented the first practical fountain pen in 1884. |
Technology > Gadgets |
11/10/08 |
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42 |
László Bíró, a Hungarian, invented the modern ballpoint pen in 1938. |
Technology > Gadgets |
11/05/08 |
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43 |
Knol was opened in beta on July 23rd, 2008. |
Technology > Internet |
08/21/08 |
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44 |
JavaScript and Java are different computer languages. |
Technology |
05/22/08 |
|
45 |
In Python, the cmath module is used with complex numbers. |
Technology > Computers |
07/04/08 |
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