Honey is used as a center for golf balls and in antifreeze mixtures.
Horn & Hardart opened the first U.S. automat in Philadelphia in 1902.
IBM was incorporated in 1911 as the Computer-Tabulating-Recording Co. with a product line that included time clocks, scales and punch card tabulators. The name was changed in 1924. IBM stands for International Business Machines.
If you bought one of the first clunky calculators way back in the 1970s — and still have it — you may be in luck. Collectors are beginning to show interest in those oversized dinosaurs. It is anticipated that the first Game Boys — put out by Nintendo in 1990 — will likely be collectors' items in just a few years.
In 1878, Wanamaker's of Philadelphia was the first U.S. department store to install electric lighting.
In 1900, there were 8,000 cars in the United States; by 1919, there were 6 million cars in the U.S.
In 1950, Aircall, Inc. of New York City became the first U.S. company to introduce a commercial radio paging service.
In 1952, CBS made computer history by being the first to use a computer, the UNIVAC I, to forecast the U.S. presidential election.
The little "m's" on "M&M's"® Chocolate Candies weren't printed on the candies until 1950. They were originally printed in black, not white. It wasn't until 1954 that the "m's" became the color they are today.
The maximum flight speed of a Boeing 747-300 jetliner is 583 miles per hour.
The most common uses of computers on the job in 1996 were: Bookkeeping and invoicing (45 percent), word processing (44 percent), communications (39 percent), analysis/spreadsheets (36 percent), and data bases (35 percent).
The Osprey is the U.S. Marine tilt-rotor transport that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but flies like an airplane. It is also known as the V-22.
The profile of the average computer virus writer is age 14-24, talented, bright, and driven by a rebellious, adolescent need to call attention to himself.
The rare metal gallium melts at 86 degrees Fahrenheit. It is safe to touch; if you hold a piece of it in your hand and wait, it will melt.
The spaceship in the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) was 25 feet high and was built on a studio backlot. It had to show no visible openings or hatches, yet had to open at certain times. The film's art directors incorporated an invisible split in its sides that was sealed over with soft plastic and coated with silver paint. Every time the dome of the ship was opened or closed, film crew members had to reseal the split. It was an innovative design for the era.
The Studebaker auto company produced a car called the "Dictator" from 1927–1936
The Times Square "time ball" for the year 2000 was named the "Star of Hope." It was specially made by Waterford Crystal in Ireland, and contained 504 glass crystals cut into triangles, 600 light bulbs, 96 big lights, and 92 mirrors.
The United States will conduct a census in the year 2000. The first U.S. census to be tallied by computer was in 1950. UNIVAC did the tallying.
In 1969, the Navy spent $375,000 on an "aerodynamic analysis of the self-suspended flare." The study's conclusion was that the frisbee was not feasible as military hardware.
In 1970, "MCI" stood for "Microwave Communications, Inc." No longer used as an acronym, it now stands alone.
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