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Swiss engineer George de Mestral came home from a hunting trip in 1941 with burdock burrs stuck to his trousers and his dog's fur, put them under a microscope, saw tiny hooks, and had Velcro patented by 1954.
The patent for the modern stud and tube LEGO brick was filed at 1:58 pm on 28 January 1958 in Copenhagen. LEGO says bricks made 60 years apart still clip together, and six 2x4 bricks combine in more than 915 million ways.
OPPO launched the Find X10 Pro Max in Mallorca on 21 October 2026 with 200MP on all three rear cameras, a setup it calls an industry first.
A physicist gave 176 consoles from the Air Force's PS3 supercomputer a second life inside a refrigerated shipping container
