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TIL that GPS(global positioning system) technology was originally restricted to military use. In 1983, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet fighter aircraft after it had strayed into Soviet territory. US President Regan then authorized GPS use by civilians.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 8:20 pm

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TIL “wi-fi” doesn’t mean “wireless fidelity” or anything else; it was made up as a marketing tool and is a user-friendly name to refer to technology that adhered to standards known as IEEE 802.11.

by whatilearned May 19, 2022, 5:44 pm

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TIL Starting in 2026, all new cars in the United States will be required to have technology to prevent drunk driving

by whatilearned May 6, 2022, 6:20 pm

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TIL about “mundane science fiction,” a sci-fi literary movement driven by creating plausible extensions of existing science and technology; situating stories on Earth or within the Solar System, thereby lacking the use of interstellar or intergalactic travel; and not considering contact with aliens.

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 7:22 pm

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how futuristic does technology have to be for people to believe your a god if you time traveled into past in ancient Egypt?

by QuestionGuy April 27, 2022, 8:29 am

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Old people now are saying “when I was your age I didn’t have technology, we played outside.” What do you think *this* generation will be saying in 50 years time?

by QuestionGuy April 21, 2022, 2:56 am

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TIL that SpinLaunch is a spaceflight technology development company working on mass accelerator technology to move payloads to space and in April 2022, SpinLaunch received a contract from NASA to launch a payload using its launch system later in 2022

by whatilearned April 17, 2022, 6:30 pm

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Grandpa said, “Your generation relies too much on technology.” I replied, “No, your generation relies too much on technology.”

by cringeyjokesman April 11, 2022, 5:19 am

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What is a severely out-of-date technology you’re still forced to use regularly?

by QuestionGuy April 5, 2022, 9:33 pm

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TIL Ancient DNA shows that the culture that brought Bronze Age technology to Britain was connected to a migration that almost completely replaced the island’s earlier inhabitants, the latter who were the Neolithic communities responsible for huge megalithic monuments such as Stonehenge.

by whatilearned March 25, 2022, 8:32 pm

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TIL Durex introduced app-controlled foreplay for couples separated by distance in 2013; Fundawear app works by wiring the technology normally used to make smartphones vibrate into underwear for men and women

by whatilearned March 24, 2022, 3:31 am

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TIL Only 2% of the $276 billion in venture capital funding in 2021 was invested in Energy industry; in contrast Technology industry received 77%.

by whatilearned March 18, 2022, 5:53 am

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