Engineering and Technology Trivia

  • Harley-Davidson tried to trademark their motorcycle engine sound!
  • Facebook gives the option to download everything one has ever posted in a ZIP file.
  • With modern day technology, it would take astronauts about 260 days in a rocket to land on Mars.
  • Indians have been involved in 40 % of the start-ups in the Silicon Valley.
  • It takes 6 months to build a Rolls Royce and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
  • Internet trolls are defined as people who use the web "only to cause trouble and conflict".
  • The word 'Spam' is an acronym formed from SPiced hAM.
  • Some companies use retina-tracking to see which products get noticed by shoppers within first 10 seconds.
  • Contrary to popular belief, microwaves actually emit a lower amount of radiation than cell phones.
  • The highest recorded mileage on a single automobile was 2.1 million miles.
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