Monday, December 11, 2006

u're kidding, right?

no! how weird is this...surprise

OCTOTHORPE
The symbol `#' on a telephone handset. Bell Labs' engineer Don Macpherson created the word in the 1960s by combining octo-, as in eight, with the name of one of his favourite athletes, 1912 Olympic decathlon champion Jim Thorpe.

here are 32 other things that you didn't know had names!

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