Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests, was invented accidentally by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time — 1/100th of a second in computing.

Electric cars predate gasoline-powered cars — electric vehicles were common in the early 1900s before oil became dominant.

The internet connects billions of people instantly.

The transistor, invented in 1947, made modern computers possible by replacing bulky vacuum tubes.

The first webcam was invented to check if a coffee pot in a Cambridge lab was full without walking downstairs.

The Internet weighs approximately 50 grams — the mass of the electrons in motion that carry its data at any given moment.

The first computer virus was created in 1983 as an experiment — it spread via floppy disks and was called 'Elk Cloner.'

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the network of physical devices embedded with sensors and software to exchange data.