Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label RandomFactsAroundtheyouProbablydidn'tknow(Part-2)

Random Facts Around the you Probably didn't know You'll Say, "OMG!"

Random Facts Around the you Probably didn't know   You'll Say, "OMG!" 1 Superman didn't always fly. The original comic book Superman could leap tall buildings in a single bound. But then he had to come right back down to Earth—because he didn't fly. It wasn't until the 1940s, when animators for a new animated series decided it would be too difficult to routinely draw him bending his knees, that it was decided that Superman could take off into the air. Readers got to see smooth animation, and a superhero gained a new power. 2 The first computer was invented in the 1940s. These days, supercomputers are everywhere—and they really don't need much space at all. Have an Xbox One posted up in your living room? That's a supercomputer. A laptop-tablet hybrid in your bag? That's a supercomputer, too. (Don't even get us started on the thing in your pocket…) But when supercomputers first came around, they needed much,  much  more space. Just take a loo