Many of Intel's processors before their Pentium lineup lacked the power to do certain mathematical functions by themselves. Because of this, Intel created the x87 coprocessor series to accelerate calculations.

The material used to create the rewritable layer on CDs and DVDs is actually moderately rare.

HTML isn't actually a true "programming language" due to how it isn't ever compiled. Instead, it's known as a "markup language". It's even in the name.

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Yahoo was recently bought by Verizon.

Google once offered to be bought by Yahoo.

Its actually relatively common to find valuable items being sold for dirt cheap in thrift stores. That's how I get my computer parts.

Windows 7, along with Windows XP, are both well known for running on just about any x86 based platform above a i486 processor.

Lehi, Utah is a rapidly growing city that's adopted the nickname of "Silicon Slopes" due to the massive growth in its tech sector, mirroring the growth of Silicon Valley's early years. It also coincidentally was where I lived for most of my life up until last year.

Dogs will also whine when they're confused, not just when they're anxious or nervous.

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I seriously need to, like, set an alarm or something to remind me that I do this daily. :P

PowerVR, though little-known in the mainstream PC world, produces GPUs for mobile devices, ranging from the iPhone (which Apple's going to use its own in-house GPU instead of PowerVR's for the next gen), to many, many Android phones and tablets.

Nvidia used to make chipsets and integrated graphics chips for AMD.

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Solar cells can actually be constructed using copper oxide and saltwater.
Source: DIY solar cell

Batteries can similarly be made at home, using Zinc and Copper, doused with an electrolyte.
Source: Sciphile - homemade battery materials

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In its earlier days, Intel would package and sell chips that didn't meet their expectations as locked down, lower end models. For example, chips that couldn't quite meet a speed requirement would be locked to a lower speed setting, and sold as a cheaper low end model.

There exists a tree that grows hundreds of types of fruits. How? It's grower has been continually grafting branches of other fruit trees onto it for years.

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Microsoft was originally "Traf-O-Data", and made software for traffic lights.

The original iPod had a hard drive, not flash memory.

Just when I thought that I'd be able to update more stories daily... life throws me a brick to the face.

So... yeah, less updates for now, and I've still barely got anything written for the 75 follower special past the 1500 word mark.

Facts:

Live in a remote area in the middle of nowhere with no network access? Get a satellite phone!
(Satellite phones operate using satellites. Duh.)

One of the most useful weapons against oil spills are... bacteria.

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Chalkboards were mostly replaced with whiteboards to reduce dust.

The kilogram was once defined using a solid metal cylinder. Now it's defined using a precise number of atoms.

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Pinkie Pie was originally going to be a white pegasus named "Surprise".

Comcast has been confirmed multiple times by multiple organizations as being "The Worst Company on Earth".

Recently, a fire started at the manufacturing plant that made the batteries of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Coincidence?

The common household cat goes by the scientific name "Felis catus".

Cat fur is easily charged with static electricity... LIGHTNING CATS!

A group of kittens is a Kindle, while a group of cats is a Clowder.

Humans have 206 bones, while cats have 290.

Cats have a very poor sense of taste, compared to even a human's.

Now that I've got the brunt of quite a few recent tests out of the way, I've got more than enough time on my hands, so expect updates daily. Maybe.
I've been spending more time than I probably should be watching Youtube and doing random things.

Unlike Iron, which creates flaky rust as it oxidizes, Aluminum oxidizes to form corundum, which is actually more resilient than the element in its pure form.

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A bag of water actually can be used to start a fire by magnifying sunlight.

"Black light" is actually just ultraviolet, but our eyes can't see it, hence why it still appears dark.

Tests have shown that blue light has an adverse effect on sleeping habits, which is why some OSs such as iOS (I think) and Windows 10 now have "night modes" that reduce the blue light output by the display.

Fire burns in different colors depending on what the fuel is.

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S3 was fairly well-known for it's production of it's graphics cards. Namely, the S3-Virge line, famed for being so bad that people called it a "Graphics decelerator".

AMD beat Intel to general purpose 64-bit processors.

USB was once one of the slowest standards available. Look at where we are now.

Apple has a long history of using their own connectors to reduce and/or eliminate competition. For example, the Apple Desktop Bus, or ADB, which was used for connecting peripherals such as mice and keyboards to their computers before the advent of USB.

A modern smartphone is more powerful than all the world's best supercomputers from the 1950s combined. And that's only for a tiny fraction of their cost.

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It's faster to carry a truckload of multi-terabyte hard drives than it is to send the data contained on those drives over the internet.

Early screwdrivers were invented during the middle ages.

Hasbro's hinted that season 7 won't be the last MLP season.

Y'know how in software, the terms "i386" and "x86-64" are thrown around a lot? That's because i386 was the name of Intel's 386 processor, which was the first to support 32 bit x86 software. x86-64 was developed by AMD as a 64-bit extension to i386.

Floppy disks are actually still very convenient when you can't boot from usb or a dvd drive.

Speaking of floppies, Sony invented the 3.5 inch floppy disk.

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Many plastics containing a certain fire retardant chical turn yellow over time due to exposure to UV rays.

Sony invented the 3.5" foppy disk, and Apple was one of the first to use it.

Apple for a short time also developed their own floppy disk technology, dubbed "The Twiggy Diskette" by many. Early Mac prototypes used the drive, but both the twiggy disk and drive were discontinued due to cost, as well as the fact that nobody wanted it.

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I almost forget every time...

The original iPod pretty much set the standard for mp3 players.

The iPhone set the standard for modern smartphones.

Nokia used to be one of the world's biggest companies.

Initially, there was consideration to sell Mojang, (and Minecraft) to Valve.

The first ever computer "bug" was a moth that short-circuited a mainframe's motherboard after landing on two contacts.