The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
The three most valuable brand names on earth Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
Computer hard drives were once called Winchesters because technology had finally developed to the point that they could hold 30 megabytes of data and had a 30 millisecond access time. They were nick-named 30/30's
Half of a byte is a nybble. Half of a nybble is a crumb.
The LASER was developed solely to prove a scientific concept. It was once referred to as the cure waiting on a problem.
The ASCII code for the letters "BILLGATES" plus 3 for Bill Gates III adds up to 666
The US army turned down the Wright brothers proposal to fund research in manned flight because it had no military significance.
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