Long before Steve Jobs took the stage, IBM released the Simon Personal Communicator in 1994 — considered the first real smartphone. It could make calls, send emails, store contacts, manage calendars, and even run early apps like a sketch pa...
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In 1993, the U.S. government proposed a small hardware chip called the Clipper Chip, meant to be embedded in phones and computers. The goal? Allow federal agencies to access encrypted commun...
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Some wars are short and brutal. Others, like the 335 Years’ War, are long... and utterly absurd. This “conflict” began in 1651, during the English Civil War, when the Netherlands aligned...
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Hey, so the other night I heard someone talking about a "Pink Moon" and I was totally confused. Is it actually pink? Like, bubblegum pink? It sounded like something out of a fairy tale! O...
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Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation, published in 1687, is one of the most important scientific discoveries in history.
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What was the freediving record in history? The freediving record in history was set in 2016 by the French diver Herbert Nitsch, also known as "The King of the Abyss".
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New iPhone 13 - The iPhone 13 was launched by Apple in September 2021. It has a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display with a resolution of 2532x1170 pixels and supports ProMotion technology.
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The True Story of Magellan - Ferdinand Magellan (also known as Ferdinand Magellan) was a Portuguese explorer who lived during the 16th century.
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