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18 Fascinating Sony Walkman Facts

One of life’s probably underrated traits is the ability to invent something to cure a personal problem and that of many others. Here is the context: when Sony’s co-founder, Masaru Ibuka, wanted to listen to music as he sat through the extra-long flights, he influenced the invention of the Sony Walkman. This ended up being…… Read More »

“The Thing” the Revolutionary Soviet Spy Gadget That Baffled the West

On August 4, 1945, William Averell Harriman, United States ambassador to the Soviet Union, received a delegation of the Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneers, the Soviet equivalent of the Boy Scouts. As a symbol of cooperation between the two Allied nations during the still-raging Second World War, the Young Pioneers presented Harriman with a gift: a… Read More »

WTF Fun Fact 13687 – The Bats of the Biblioteca Joanina

At the Biblioteca Joanina, the bats are taking care of the books. Click to read the full fact. The post WTF Fun Fact 13687 – The Bats of the Biblioteca Joanina appeared first on WTF Fun Facts. Source