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Mercedes invented a car controlled by joystick.
The joystick in the 1966 Mercedes F200 showcase car controlled speed and direction, replacing both the steering wheel and pedals. The car could also sense which side the driver was sitting in, so someone could control it from the passenger seat.
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Movie trailers originally played after the movie.
They “trailed” the feature film—hence the name. The first trailer appeared in 1912 and was for a Broadway show, not a movie.
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You can thank the Greeks for calling Christmas “Xmas”
In Greek, the word for “Christ” starts with the letter Chi, which looks like an X in the Roman alphabet.