A collection of trivial stuff...some original, some not...in any case, credit is certainly due to all the originators of this stuff...
Back in the early days of computers, the programming was done by "hard-wiring"the computer to perform a certain sequence of instructions. People spent hours determining the wiring scheme followed by more hours actually getting the wiring right...
Does the statement, "We've always done it like that" ring any bells?
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches.
That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used?
Because that's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the US Railroads.
Why did the English build them like that?
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