The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles At the time the most known player on the market was the Victrola so they called themselves Motorola

Originally the White House in Washington DC was grey not white and was called the Executive Mansion However after a fire lit by the British in the War of 1812 the house was painted white to cover burn marks

An oldest surviving gun was made in 1288 out of pure bronze and was discovered at a site in modern-day Acheng District Heilongjian China It has a 6 9 inch barrel of a 1 inch diameter a 2 6 inch chamber for gunpowder and a socket for the firearm s handle

The scientists have now figured out how to make an entire car disappear Using optical camouflage technology boffins at Mercedes Benz created the illusion that their new zero emissions F-Cell car is not even there at all Taking the principal that to see through something you need to see what s behind it they covered the driver s side of the car in mats of LEDs and mounted a digital SLR camera on the opposite side of the vehicle