Google Was Once Refused To be Acquired For $1Million!
Harperzz In the late 1990s, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were developing a search engine that ranked web pages based on the quality of their links rather than simply counting keywords.…
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The Man Behind America’s Biggest Fast-Food Chain!
In 1954, milkshake machine salesman Ray Kroc visited a small hamburger restaurant in McDonald’s original restaurant owned by brothers Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald. The brothers had developed the innovative…
Student Who Started A Platform To Make Messages Disappear!
In 2011, Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy, and Reggie Brown were students at Stanford University when they discussed an idea that many people initially found unusual. What if photos and messages…
Soldier Kept On Fighting, Even After War Ended 29 Years Ago!
When World War II ended in August 1945, Japanese intelligence officer Hiroo Onoda was stationed on Lubang Island. Before his deployment, he had been instructed not to surrender and to…
The Scientist Who Accidentally Invented the Microwave Oven!
In 1945, American engineer Percy Spencer was working at Raytheon, testing magnetrons—high-powered vacuum tubes used in radar systems during and after World War II. While standing near an operating magnetron,…
She Was Rejected 12 Times Before Creating a Global Phenomenon!
Before J. K. Rowling became one of the world’s best-known authors, she was a single mother living in Edinburgh, Scotland, writing while caring for her young daughter. She has said…
Pilot Landed Plane on Hudson River and Saved All People On Board!
On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 departed LaGuardia Airport when it struck a flock of Canada geese less than four minutes after takeoff. The bird strike disabled both…
Spent 27 Years in Prison Before Becoming President !
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison for opposing South Africa’s apartheid system, much of that time on Robben Island. After his release in 1990, he played a central role…
Fossil Sat in a Museum for About 80 Years is a New Species !
In 1948, paleontologists excavated a fossil at Ghost Ranch, one of North America’s most important Late Triassic fossil sites. The specimen was added to the collections of the Yale Peabody…
Airplane Crash Remains Unsolved Even After 1 Year !
One year after the crash of Air India Flight 171 shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad, investigators have not reached a final conclusion about what caused the tragedy that claimed 260…