Month: October 2020

Everest

Mount Everest Fun Facts

1. Why is 1921 an important year for mountain climbers? Because it was in that year that Dalai Lama gave permission for Everest to be climbed for the first time. This first expedition was mainly to discover if a route to summit could be found from the Tibetan side. However, though many dreamed of standing on the rooftop of the… Read more →

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How Tattoo Ink is Made?

Manufacturers usually don’t reveal their ingredients and recipes. Commonly Professional tattoo inks are made from iron oxides (rust), metal salts, plastics. Homemade or traditional tattoo inks are made from pen ink, soot, dirt, blood, or other ingredients. Heavy metals used for colours include mercury (red); lead (yellow, green, white); cadmium (red, orange, yellow); nickel (black); zinc (yellow, white); chromium (green);… Read more →

Some Tech History

1. When was the first website created? The first website built was at CERN within the border of France, and was first put online on 6 August 1991: Info.cern.ch was the address of the world’s first-ever web site and web server, running on a NeXT computer at CERN. 2. Who wrote the first computer program? Augusta Ada King, Countess of… Read more →

Another 9 Tech Fun Facts

1. How do capacitive touch works? They work with anything that holds an electrical charge – including human skin. (Yes, we are comprised of atoms with positive and negative charges!) Capacitive touch screens are constructed from materials like copper or indium tin oxide that store electrical charges in an electrostatic grid of tiny wires, each smaller than a human hair. There are two main… Read more →

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10 Computer Fun Facts

1. What is URL? A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a form of URI and is a standardised naming convention for addressing documents accessible over the Internet and Intranet. An example of a URL is https://www.rem.my, which is the URL for this web page. 2. Cookies An HTTP cookie is a small piece of data sent from websites, stored on the user’s computer by the web browser of… Read more →

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15 Earth Fun Facts

1. Pangaea Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras. It assembled from earlier continental units approximately 335 million years ago, and it began to break apart about 175 million years ago. Pangea was surrounded by a global ocean called Panthalassa, and it was fully assembled by the Early Permian Period. During… Read more →

Tech Project Facts

1. What’s Google Lens? Google Lens is a feature announced by Google during Google I/O 2017. It is designed for bringing up relevant information based on what your camera sees. For example, if you point your camera to a Wi-Fi sticker, the app will automatically connect to the Wi-Fi source that has been scanned. It is integrated with the Google… Read more →

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Cosmos Fun Facts

1. How many planets do not have natural satellites? Two planets, Venus and Mercury, are the only planets in the solar system that do not have any natural satellites or moons. Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth are inner planets.  The outer planets are Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune. Earth has one large natural satellite, known as the Moon; and Mars has two tiny natural satellites, Phobos and Deimos.     2. How many moons… Read more →

Tech Security Facts

Below are some fun facts on technology security facts that I have compiled from various resources. 1. How is websites made secure from hackers? Website developers use a technology called cryptography to protect information from unintended audiences and encrypt it. Cryptanalysis, in turn, is the art and science of breaking encoded data. Modern cryptography uses advanced math (algorithms) equations and… Read more →