After a long day at the laboratory with the chemical Benzoic Sulfimide, Constantin Fahlberg forgot to wash his hands after dinner, he found his food tasted sweet, this is how he discovered the artificial sweetener Saccharin in 1879
Reference : BBC News Read more : https://www.bbc.com/news/health-43674270
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
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.
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
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
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
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Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster, was the first player to win a chess game against computer
Four teenage girls in Africa have invented a generator to produces electricity using urine as fuel. Six hours electricity using a single liter urine.
The longest tunnel in the world is 57km, it took 17 years to build in Switzerland, second Japan 53.85 and France/UK 50.43km
Scientist at Oxford University claimed, students scored higher on mental arithmetic or maths, after a course of gentle electric shocks to the brain
Pelajar terlibat mencatatkan prestasi tinggi dalam matematik
sources : The Guardian Reuters
In the past, drive-through facilities were provided for soldiers who could not leave their vehicles while on duty at Fort Huachuca Army Base
Dick and Mac McDonald pada 1937 membuka gerai hot dog dengan nama Airdome di California. Pengasas Burger King mendapat ilham dari Syarikat Mcd
In 1937, Dick and Mac McDonald established the company named Airdome in California for selling hot dog. The founder of Burger King was inspired by the McDonald’s company.