Almost everything in the world of technology is not normal. In the meantime, there are many things that we probably don't know existed, but there are also things that may seem unbelievable at first glance. Here are 12 facts you can take a look at.
01. Nintendo used to make playing cards
Photo: Nintendo's smartphone game this year
Nintendo was founded long before the beginning of the video game era. Then what would this organization do? Founded in 1889, the Japanese company made playing cards. The company created the first video game in 1978.
02. People still use dial-up
Many of the new generation may raise their eyebrows and ask what is a dial-up network? Before broadband internet became popular, users used to make internet connection by dialing from computer to phone landline.
Many still use that technology. US ISP AOL says about 1.5 million of its customers will use the technology in 2021.
03. Three and a half crore searches are done on Google every day
Google search accounts for 7.2 percent of total Internet traffic worldwide. And in terms of numbers, this total search is three hundred and fifty crores.
04. Google's first tweet was binary
Google's first tweet was in 2009. Most Twitter users did not understand the meaning of the tweet at first.
Translated from binary to English, the tweet means "I'm feeling lucky!"
Image Credited By: Google
05. Motorola made the first mobile phone
Picture Courtesy: Google
And yes, their first call was to a perpetual rival organisation.
On April 3, 1973, Motorola researcher and executive Martin Cooper made the first phone call using a handheld mobile phone set. At the other end of the call was the rival Bell Labs (now AT&T). Joel S. Engel.
07. Nokia used to sell toilet paper in the beginning
Finnish brand Nokia used to sell various items before selling mobile phones. These include toilet paper, tires, computers and other electronics.
07. Nine out of 10 rupees in the world is digital
More than 90 percent of currencies are digital. These include credit cards, debit cards, online shopping and cryptocurrency. Paper notes and coins are in the form of eight percent.
07. About 35% of websites run on WordPress
As of this year, more than 45.5 million websites use WordPress to manage their content. This means that WordPress occupies 35% of the website market!
09. 500 hours of video per minute on YouTube
Photo: Disney's ABC, Nat Geo, ESPN moved away from YouTube TV
As of May 2019, it is estimated that more than 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. This means that about 30,000 hours of new content is uploaded every hour.
10. One in 20 million spam emails is answered
On average, only one ‘reply’ comes out of every 12 million spam emails. If it doesn't sound like much, then know that 1400 billion spam mails are sent every day.
11. Samsung's journey as a grocery store
The journey of the smartphone and electronics giant Samsung began in March 1938, as a grocery store. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the sixties.
12. You are always in the past
When you are surprised to know all the above bizarre information, you are actually wondering about the information known 80 milliseconds ago.
A study by the Baylor College of Medicine found that it takes 80 milliseconds for our senses to sense information.
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