Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- How big was ENIAC?
“ENIAC, one of the first general-purpose electronic computers, weighed about 30 tons and used around 18,000 vacuum tubes.”
Reference: Computer History Museum
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