Kodak filed for bankruptcy in 2012 because its engineer Steven Sasson in 1975 created a new technology which is a digital camera that works without film. The idea was rejected by Kodak’s boss for fear that Kodak’s film sales would decrease. Ultimately the technology benefits Fujifilm and Sony
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‘🙂’ emoji yang diciptakan pada 1963 oleh Harvey Ball, dia tidak pernah mendapat royalti, melainkan hanya upah 45 dollars. Syarikat State Mutual Life Assurance mengupah Harvey kerana masalah moral di syarikat mereka untuk menghasilkan pin baju
‘🙂‘ emoji created in 1963 by Harvey Ball, he never got royalties, but only paid a one-time fee of 45 dollars. State Mutual Life Assurance Company hired Harvey because of the In 1963, the company was experiencing morale problems as it grew, and decided on an in-house campaign to improve morale in their company resulting the smiley face pins that were printed and handed out were a huge succes.
Kemera digital pertama, oleh Steven Sasson pada Dec 1975, seberat 3.6 kg, 0.01 megapixels, mengambil masa 23 saat untuk memproses sekeping gambar
First camera digital by Steven Sasson in Dec 1975, it weighed 3.6 kg, 0.01 megapixels that took 23 seconds to process per image.
Kenapa perlu disebut hukuman gantung ‘sampai mati’. Kerana seorang wanita Maggie Dickson, selepas dijalankan hukuman gantung, dia tidak mati. Mahkamah menetapkan bahawa hukuman ke atasnya telah pun dilaksanakan. Selepas digantung dia hidup 40 tahun lagi.
Ada mengatakan dia mempunyai kawan baik, iaitu pembekal tali gantung, yang membuat simpulan untuk menyelamatkan dia
Maggie Dickson was sentenced to death by hanging, after being hanged, she still alive.
As the sentence of the court has been carried out, Maggie was beyond further prosecution. She lived for another 40 years
Reference : Undiscoverd Scotland
Ketika semua orang dipindahkan dari sebuah pulau, seorang wanita Juana Maria tertinggal kapal, dia hidup seorang diri di sebuah pulau (San Nicholas Island) selama 18 tahun (1935 – 1953), sebelum diselamatkan
Novel ‘Island of the Blue Dolphins’ diterbitkan oleh Scott O’Dell. Dia dikata tertinggal kapal kerana pergi mencari anaknya untuk dibawa bersama ketika dalam proses pemindahan penduduk pulau tersebut
Juana Maria, left behind during an evacuation, lived alone in San Nicholas Island for 18 years. A novel titled ‘Island of the Blue Dolphin’s (1960) by Scott O’Dell is based on this story.
Rubik Kiub, asalnya alat bantu mengajar, dicipta oleh Professor Erno Rubik, selepas dicipta, dia ambil masa sebulan untuk menyelesaikannya, rekod paling pantas 3.13 saat pada 2023 oleh Max Park
Professor Erno Rubik creating the Rubik’s Cube in 1974 as a teaching aid, he spent a month struggling to unscramble it. Max Park take’s 3.13 seconds to solve it in 2023
Hachiko, anjing yang setia menanti di Stesen Keretapi Shibuya, menunggu tuannya Profesor Hidesaburo Ueno pulang dari kerja. Menunggu setiap hari, selama lebih dari 9 tahun (dari 21 May 1925 hingga 8 Mac 1935) sebelum dia ditemui mati di tepi jalan
The dog’s named Hachiko would meet Prof Ueno at Shibuya Station every day after his commute home. This continued untill May 21, 1925, when Prof Ueno died of a cerebral hemmorrhage while at work. From then till his death on March 8, 1935, Hachiko would return to Shibuya Station every day to await Ueno’s return
Reference : Wikipedia
Rekod jem paling teruk di dunia. Jem sepanjang 100km, kenderaan hanya bergerak 1km saja sehari, pengguna terkandas selama 12 hari, pada 14 Ogos 2010 di China National Highway 110 (G110).
World’s worst traffic congestion. The traffic jam slowed the thousands of vehicles for more than 100km. Cars moved at the speed of 1km per day, lasted for 12 days on China National Highway 110 (G110)
George Clooney bagi setiap seorang 1 bag yang berisi wang tunai 1 juta dolar kepada 14 orang kawan-kawanya. Katanya “mereka orang-orang yang tolong saya masa saya susah, sebelum saya dapat capai apa yang ada sekarang”
George Clooney gave 14 friends $1 million each in cash. He explained “these guy who’ve all, over a period 35 years, helped me in one way or another”
Reference : By Emmie Martin, CNBC, Dec 17, 2020
Nigel Richard, beberapa kali menjadi juara Scrabble Championship dalam bahasa Perancis. Dia dari New Zealand mengambil masa 9 minggu menghafal semua perkataan Perancis tanpa boleh bertutur dalam bahasa yang dimenanginya
Nigel Richard, several times champions of the Scrabble Championship in French. He from New Zealand took 9 weeks to memorize all the French words without being able to speak the language he won
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, terperangkap, tidak boleh keluar, terpaksa menghabiskan hidupnya selama 18 tahun di terminal lapangan terbang di Perancis dari tahun 1988 – 2006 kerana masalah passport.
Mehran Karimi Nasseri living in Charles de Gaulle airport, France for 18 years since 1988 to 2006. A film titled The Terminal produced by Steven Spielberg bases of this true story and received $250,000 as inspiration for Dreamworks’ new film The Terminal but still sleeps on the plastic bench
Steven Spielberg menghasilkan filem ‘The Terminal’ dibintangi Tom Hanks berdasarkan kisah benar ini. Dia menerima 250,000 dolar dari Steven Spielberg sebagai ganjaran jalan cerita.
Soirce : Majalah Mastika
Pada 2011 lelaki Brazil menyelamatkan seekor penguin yang hampir mati kerana tenggelam dalam minyak, sejak dibebaskan, pengguin itu akan berenang sejauh 8,000 km untuk menemuinya setiap tahun
In 2011 a Brazillian man, Joao Pereira de Souza, a 73 year old part-time fisherman, found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the penguin swims 5,000 miles to reunite with the man who saved his life
Setiausahanya terlambat kerana kereta rosak, bos ‘Apple’, Steve Jobs menghadiahkan sebuah kereta Jaguar dengan kata-kata “jangan lewat lagi” adakah kisah ini benar kerana tidak ditemui dalam biografi mengenai beliau
When a secretary at Apple was late because of car trouble, Steve Jobs gave her a Jaguar and said “don’t be late anymore”. Are sure this is a true story. This is not mentioned in any of his biographies
7cm tinggi kucing paling kecil di dunia, diberi nama Tinker Toy, berat 0.7kg, mati pada umur 6 tahun pada November 1997
The world’s smallest cat was Tinker Toy, measured 7cm in height. Died when it was six years old in November 1997
Leonid Rogozov, doktor Soviet yang buat pembedahan rawatan appendix ke atas diri sendiri
Leonid Rogozov, 27-years-old Soviet Doctor, on May 1st, 1961 performing surgery on himself to remove an infected appendix
– Pembedahan sakit appendix
– pada 1 Mei 1961
– dengan bantuan cermin
– Ketika dalam misi di Antarctica
– Berada di tempat terpencil yang mustahil untuk menunggu
bantuan
Garry Kasparov pemain catur pertama yang berjaya mengalahkan super komputer
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster, was the first player to win a chess game against computer
Saudagar berlian dari India menghadiahkan 400 buah rumah flat dan 1,260 biji kereta kepada para pekerjanya
A diamond merchant from India has gifted 400 flats and 1,260 cars to his employees
4 remaja perempuan dari Afrika mencipta generator yang boleh menghasilkan elektrik daripada air kencing yang diproses menjadi bahan bakar. 1 liter dapat menghasilkan 6 jam elektrik
Four teenage girls in Africa have invented a generator to produces electricity using urine as fuel. Six hours electricity using a single liter urine.
Craig Lewis, manusia pertama hidup tanpa degup jantung pada 2012. Dia menggunakan jantung tiruan yang tidak berdegup bertahan selama 5 minggu sebelum keluarganya meminta dimatikan jantung tersebut kerana kegagalan fungsi hati dan buah pinggang
Craig Lewis survived for another 5 weeks after used artificial heart with no beat. His family asked that his artificial heart be unplugged due to liver and kidney failure.
Sultan Johor mempunyai koleksi 300 buah kereta mewah, salah satunya adalah Mercedes yang dihadiahkan oleh Adolf Hitler kepada moyang baginda selain jet peribadi dan askar sendiri
Facts about Sultan Johor, Sultan Ibrahim :-
1. Own more than 300 luxury vintage cars.
2. including one of which is the Mercedes that Adolf Hitler gave to
his Great-great-grandfather
3. Estimate wealth around $5.7 billion¹
4. 24% interest in U Mobile²
5. King who has own army, Royal Johor Military Force (JMF) ³ also
can be seconded to the Malaysian army
6. Own fleet of private jets³
7. Powerful person in business
Baginda turut memiliki :-
– 24% kepentingan dalam U Mobile²
– Anggaran kekayaan melebihi 5.7 billion dollar¹
– Empayar perniagaan
– Tentera sendiri yang boleh dijadikan askar tembahan jika
diperlukan oleh ATM dengan syarat mendapat perkenan daripada
Tuanku
References : ¹Bloomberg ²India Times ³South China Morning Post
Pada penghujung 1800, seekor baboon telah ditugaskan untuk menjadi signalman di landasan keretapi. Dia tidak pernah melakukan kesilapan hingga akhir hayatnya.
In the late 1800s, a baboon was assigned to be a signalman on the railroad. He never once made a mistake until the end of his life.
Usain Bolt, pelari terpantas di dunia, rekod 100 meter = 9.58 saat, 200 meter = 19.19 saat. Anggaran masa berlari sepanjang Olimpik 115 saat, 8 pingat emas bernilai $119 juta, purata pendapat lebih $1juta untuk 1 saat (RM4.72 juta/saat) tapi untuk berlari 2 minit itu dia telah menghabiskan masa lebih 20 tahun untuk berlatih
Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, records 100 meters = 9.58 seconds, 200 meters = 19.19 seconds. Estimated Olympic run time 115 seconds, 8 gold medals worth $119 million, average income more than $1 million per second (RM4.72 million/second) but for those 115 seconds, he trained himself for 20+ years.
Reference : olympics.com wikipedia Read more : https://olympics.com/en/news/usain-bolt-my-200m-world-record-will-be-broken-first-before-100m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usain_Bolt
Seorang budak perempuan di Ethiopia dipukul 7 lelaki sehingga 3 ekor singa datang menghalau 7 lelaki tersebut, bukan itu sahaja, singa-singa tersebut menunggu selama setengah hari sehingga bantuan tiba bagi memastikan keselamatan budak tersebut.
A 12-years-old girl in Ethiopia had been taken and beaten by 7 men until a pride of lions came to chasing the men away, She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day
Reference : NBC News, June 21, 2005 Source : The Associated Press The Guardian
Kandungan kembar yang lahir dalam sela masa paling lama ialah 90 hari (3 bulan) di USA, bayi pertama pada 1 Januari 1996 dan yang kedua 30 Mac 1996
The longest interval between the birth of twin is 90 days in Baltimore, Maryland, USA to parents Lesa and David West on Jan 1 1996 (Molly) and 30 March 1996 (Benjamin)
Bayi pertama Molly adalah pramatang dan yang kedua ialan Benjamin
Reference : Guinness World Records
Sultan Johor (Sultan Ibrahim) memiliki lesen kapal terbang, helikopter, keretapi dan bot. Pernah membuat 19 terjunan payung terjun, 7 daripadanya pada waktu malam.
Sultan of Johor (Sultan Ibrahim) has a valid licenses to fly aircrafts (fixed-wing), helicopter (rotary wings aircraft), maneuver locomotives and boating licenses. Made 19 parachute jumps, 7 of them at night.
Sources : Dokumentari Daulat Tuanku, Allah Pelihara Sultan, RTM, TV1 Portal Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Johor Darul Ta'zim
Selwa Hussain, wanita yang membawa bag galas seberat 6kg berisi jantungnya
Selwa Hussain, the women from London, who carries her 6kg artificial heart in a backpack contain blood pumping motor supported 2 batteries
Wanita dari London ini menggunakan jantung tiruan (pengepam darah berkuasa bateri)
Abdul Qassinm Ismail, pembesar Parsi, yang mempunyai perpustakaan yang boleh mengikutnya. 400 unta membawa 117,000 buku. Setiap unta mewakili abjad masing-masing dan buku disusun mengikut abjad
Abdul Qasisinm The Great Vizier of Persia (who live in the 10th century), owned 110,700 volumes of books were transported by 400 camels. The books and camel were arranged in alphabetical order.
Babara Soper dari Michigan melahirkan bayi pada tarikh 08/08/08, 09/09/09 dan 10//10/10
A women named Barbara Soper from Michigan gave birth on 08/08/08, 09/09/09 and 10/10/10
Rudolf Diesel hampir membunuh diri kerana putus asa bahawa ciptaan enjin Dieselnya boleh berjaya pada 1913
Rudolf Diesel committed suicide in 1913 because he didn’t think his Diesel engine invention would be successful
Wanita ini selamat ketika ditanam hidup-hidup oleh suaminya kerana menghubungi 911 melalui jam tangan Apple yang dipakainya
A woman’s Apple Watch allowed her to call 911 save her after was allegedly buried alive by her husband
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$7.5 juta kos membina kapal Titanic, tetapi kos menyiapkan filem Titanic menelan belanja $200 juta
Titanic,
$7.5 million to build
$200 million for the movie
Source : National Geographic History Channel
Jackie Chan disenarai hitam oleh semua syarikat insuran, termasuklah semua ahli pasukan lagak ngerinya. Jadi dia terpaksa menanggung sendiri semua kos rawatan kecederaan mereka.
Jackie Chan and his stunt team are blacklisted by all insurence companies, so he has to pay his own money if someone gets hurt
Waktu Titanic tenggelam, Ketua Jurutera, 30 Jurutera, 2 pendandang, tukang paip dan kerani semuanya bertugas hingga terbunuh bagi memastikan semua sistem berfungsi untuk membolehkan penumpang menyelamatkan diri
When the ship sinks, Chief Engineer, 30 engineers, 2 boilermakers, plumber & clerk, no one is safe. They are on duty to ensure that all systems work to allow passengers escaped.
Otak Remaja Ini Restart Setiap 2 jam, Dia Merasakan Dirinya Berada Pada Tarikh 11 Jun 2019 Setiap Kali Dia Tersedar
Riley Horner, a teenager, has a brain that restarts every two hours, making him feel like June 11, 2019. Brain injury caused by an accident.
Kerosakan otak Riley Horner disebabkan kemalangan
1,600 Bahan Diuji Oleh Thomas Edison Bagi Mendapatkan Filament Yang Boleh Tahan Lama, Antara Yang Pernah Digunakan Adalah Janggut Rakannya
Thomas Edison experimented with 1,600 materials to obtain long-lasting filaments, and one of them was his friend’s beard.
Source : Seriuosly Amazing Objects, Global Trekker Channel