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Who didn’t wait for that slow, screechy dial-tone handshake, hoping it would “connect” the first time?

What if I told you this gaming giant was founded in 1889—decades before televisions, airplanes, or even sliced bread?

That’s not just innovation. That’s the original mic drop.

People will buy just about anything online.

Did you know digital data actually has physical weight?

A perfect example of how innovation doesn’t always come from new technology — sometimes it comes from borrowing an old idea from nature.

Today, we rely on passwords for nearly everything — from logging into email to protecting financial data. But did you know the very first computer password dates back to 1961?

Imagine an alarm clock that only wakes you up at 4 a.m.—no matter what.

It all started with a proud dad, a baby, and some creative engineering in a hospital room.

In 1994, Pizza Hut launched a simple website called “PizzaNet” that allowed customers to place orders over the internet.

This quirky fact is a good reminder that success isn’t just about the name—it’s about building something people genuinely want.

Early concepts of the Android mascot looked a lot more like futuristic aliens or sci-fi space creatures, which didn’t quite match Google’s vision of an accessible, everyday tech brand.

In March 1997, a Microsoft employee accidentally sent an internal test email to the wrong distribution list—a massive one.

On July 16, 2010, Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom uploaded the app's first-ever image—and it wasn’t a sunset selfie or brunch pic.

In 1998, Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, offered to sell their fledgling search engine to Yahoo for just $1 million.

The charge? Driving without a license and running a stop sign.

If you had a mailbox in the 1990s, chances are AOL sent you a CD. Or five.

Even legends have messy beginnings. And sometimes, business isn’t as clean as code.

In 1986, Apple released a full-on clothing and lifestyle line called the Apple Collection — and yes, it was as pastel and logo-heavy as you'd imagine.

Did you know firewalls are named after actual walls built to stop fires? In the digital world, they do the same thing — blocking dangerous traffic from spreading across networks. From basic packet filters in the '80s to today’s AI-powered security layers, firewalls have come a long way. We rounded up some fun facts — and broke down their full evolution!