The first photograph ever taken required an exposure time of eight hours.

The radio enabled wireless communication over long distances.

Your phone can still track your location even without GPS using signals.

Pianos have over 12,000 individual parts and are considered both string instruments and percussion instruments.

The first computer bug was a literal bug — Grace Hopper's team found a moth trapped in a Harvard Mark II relay in 1947.

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, has influenced engineering designs for solar panels and medical devices.

YouTube was originally a dating site before pivoting to general video sharing in 2005.

The first computer mouse was made of wood — Douglas Engelbart built it in 1964.

The Apollo guidance computer had less power than a modern calculator.