The first CPAP machine was invented in 1980. In the late 80s, sleep specialists began humidifying CPAP air by sending it through a chamber of room-temperature water wherein it would pick up what little moisture evaporated as it entered the patient’s tubing. This method was calledpassiveorpass...
Simmons' life hasn't always been easy, however. He has been hit hard by his own fate and experienced the loss of a loved one. These experiences gave him a deeper understanding of the impermanence and fragility of life. Perhaps it was this deep understanding of randomness that made him pay...
about whether investments should be incremental or not.An interview with the author of a new book about the Northeast Corridorreminded me of this; this is not the focus of the interview, but there was an invocation of incremental vs. full-fat high-speed rail, which doesn’t really ...
Simonson says the martini was probably named after a vermouth company. It was invented in America in the 1870s or '80s when bartenders mixed gin with vermouth, a fortified wine made with herbs and spices. "It's a very big player in cocktail history," he said. Martini recipes from cocktai...
Why do the same things do both sometimes? [bctt tweet=”We cannot heal a fractured self. We have to bandage it, and we have to bring the edges together of the wound.”] When I was in ...
In a nutshell, MIDI is how musical instruments and computers communicate, and it was invented in the early 80s.The original MIDI logoBack then, each manufacturer had its own communication standards for instruments. This made it hard to communicate between different instruments....
The information below pulls from our 1985 timeline video, part of Weird History’s Timeline Series. The year 1985 marked a significant period in history when the 80s found itself and started to manifest as its own iconic era. For many, this was the time of growth, coming of age, and ...
The largest difference between a pomelo and a grapefruit is well — the largeness. Pomelos are certifiably huge with a diameter ranging from 6 to 10 inches. The largest pomelo ever recorded was grown in Japan in January 2023. It weighed more than 12 pounds and had over a 10-inch diamete...
In the 1980s, computer viruses started to become more common. The first "real" virus, called the Elk Cloner, was created in 1982 by a high school student named Rich Skrenta. The virus was designed to infect Apple II computers and spread through floppy disks. It was harmless, but it wa...
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