Alrighty, let's get into it! (AND THIS TIME I DIDN'T FORGET! )

Microsoft wasn't actually Bill Gates' first business. That award goes to Traf-O-Data, which, as the name implies, was a company that analyzed data from traffic counters.

The garage that Apple started in didn't have Windows.
Proof:

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Busicon was one of the earliest companies to use Intel CPUs. For what, you may wonder? Calculators. Because that's what an "affordable" computer at that time essentially was.

The headphone jack/audio jack has existed in some form or another for over half a century.

An early form of non-mechanaical data storage for laptops was called "Bubble Memory" due to how it operates internally.

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Samsung also manufactures tanks and other military equipment.

Blackberry and Nokia used to utterly dominate the phone market. Then along came Motorola and their fliphones, which, along with Blackberry and Nokia, were promptly smitten by Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Somewhere in there Microsoft could be heard digging the grave of Windows Mobile.

Is it possible to add storage to an SD card? Why in fact, yes. But only if you find the proper eMMC chip to pair with the controller.

Chalkboard chalk isn't chalk. It's gypsum.

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IBM used to produce processors for Apple's Macintosh systems.

ARM, as in the processor architecture, used to stand for "Acorn RISC Machine", as the CPU was originally developed by Acorn Computers. After the company was dissolved into multiple subsidiaries, ARM Holdings, which controlled the use of the ARM IP, changed the name to "Advanced RISC Machine", as Acorn Computers no longer existed.

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It's theorized that apes may be able to not only understand human language, but to actually speak them as well, but at a pitch that we can't understand.

Nintendo's Mario franchise is more well-known than Disney's Mickey Mouse.

Super Smash Bros. Wasn't originally intended to use characters from various game series, but rather its own proprietary character roster. Then one guy decided it would be funny to replace a character texture with Mario, and the rest is history.

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Android was originally a clone of BlackBerry's mobile OS.

American cheese is actually a mix of many different cheeses mixed together.

YouTube was originally a video dating site.

(I'm not entirely sure about the YouTube one but the sources and videos I've seen about its history all say so.)

The Ford Model T is still the best selling car of all time.

When it comes to heaters, technically there's only 0% and 100% efficiency, since an inefficient heater expells no heat.

If cars were to improve at the rate of Moore's law, then we'd have light speed vehicles right now.

Because I freaking forgot again.

Blu-Ray discs are able to hold more data because they use a shorter wavelength of light, allowing for information to be stores more compactly.

The CD originates from the laserdisc, a record-sized disc that served practically the same purpose as a CD or DVD.

Due to the popularity of digital download and streaming, sales of physical copies of movies has dropped to nearly an all-time low.

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Movie theaters used to sneak single frame advertisements for drinks and popcorn into movies to boost sales.

The Earth has thousands of Near-Earth-Asteroids orbiting near and around its orbital path.

The Eiffel Tower also serves as a massive broadcasting antenna.

Plant leaves are green due to the chlorophyll they use to absorb sunlight.

Horseshoe crabs have blue blood.

Infrared light ranges through light waves that are lower frequency than the color red.

Similarly, ultraviolet light is just the light that has a higher frequency/shorter wavelength than violet.

Microwaving metal results in sparks.

Popcorn pops due to gases inside the kernel rapidly expanding.

The founders of Google used to sleep in their office overnight.

Also, I'm posting this in the 5 minutes I have between classes.

At this point, many game consoles are basically just cool looking boxes with PC/tablet hardware crammed inside with support for controllers.

The Gameboy Advance had a Z80 coprocessor alongside the native ARM CPU to run games meant for the older Gameboy/Gameboy Color.

Similarly, the Nintendo DS line has a low-power ARM coprocessor paired with a more powerful core to retain backwards compatibility with the Gameboy Advance.

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"Set in stone" doesn't actually mean forever, as stone can still be broken. What you're looking for doesn't exist. Nothing us forever.

Plastic is one of the most durable materials ever creates. Unfortunately, this means that most aren't biodegradable. Instead, they are either melted down and remade, or simply thrown away, polluting the environment.

A 5 megabyte hard drive used to cost tens of thousands in the 70's.

Minecraft was originally named "Cave Game", but then was renamed to "Minecraft: Order of the Stone", before being changed yet again to just plain Minecraft.

The creeper model in Minecraft was originally a botched Pig model.

The End dimension in Minecraft contains code for a cancelled "Sky" dimension, which generated nothing but floating islands, and only existed in Indev.

Emeralds were originally coded to be Rubies, but were then retextured because Dinnerbone was colorblind.

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According to certain studies, the internal clocks of our bodies are actually set to behave according to a 25-hour day.
Source: Human Biological Clock Set Back an Hour. (Created 1999, Harvard University)

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The Neanderthals likely existed at the same time as modern humans before being driven to extinction.

Walt Disney was once called boring and uncreative by his former employer.

The reason why Chiclet gum is called that is because naturally occurring gum in the wild is called chicle.

Around 99% of the Earth's water is unusable for drinking or irrigation.

The oldest stars in the universe are also the smallest and coolest.

The Titanic was ironically called the "unsinkable ship".

Despite its name, "Lunar Boss" from the Terraria soundtrack actually does not play during the fight with the Moon Lord! It actually plays during the fight with the Lunatic Cultist.

Black holes have such a strong gravitational pull, that even light can't escape them.

There is evidence that there may be a star even denser than Neutron Stars - Quark Stars.

Quark Stars are theoretical stars that have such a high gravitational pull that the Neutrons normally found in a Neutron Star are further crushed down into the particles that make up neutrons. Namely, Quarks.

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The "lead" in pencils is actually a mixture of clay and graphite.

Speaking of pencil lead, if you put a piece in an airtight jar, or better yet, a vacuum chamber, and connect a 12 volt power supply or battery to it, it'll glow a bright yellow-red. (Congrats for building a lightbulb and not burn your fingers off!)

There are ancient books that have been discovered to be bound using human skin.