A petabyte is a lot of data

We all know 1 GB is the same as 1024 MB, but did you know that 1 petabyte (PB) is equivalent to 1024 terabytes (TB)!

This is a staggering amount of information that’s difficult to comprehend. To give an example of how big this is, 1PB would be enough to store 24/7 video recording at 1080p for almost 3.5 years. You could take 4,000 digital photos every day for your entire life to fill up one petabyte, as well.

Over 6,000 new computer viruses are created and released every month

This number has drastically risen since 1990, at which point there were only 50 known computer viruses. Today, 90% of emails contain some form of malware and most people don’t know about it.

Slow and fast reading depends on what you read from

Not only do you blink less when you’re on a computer, but reading from a screen also slows you down. On average, people read 10% slower from a screen than from paper!

As for the blinking part, did you know that during everyday life, people normally blink at a rate of 20 times per minute? But put them in front of a computer, and that number drops way down to seven times per minute!

Do you feel your phone is vibrating?

Interestingly, there’s a name for when you feel your phone vibrate… but it doesn’t. “Phantom Vibration Syndrome” is the name for when someone thinks their phone is vibrating, but it in reality it is not.

Research suggests the cause for this is someone being over-involved with their phone.

Mark Zuckerberg is colour blind

According to The New Yorker, Zuckerberg is red-green colour blind, which means the colour he can see best is blue. That also happens to be the colour that dominates the Facebook website and mobile app. “Blue is the richest colour for me,” he told the magazine.

Published in Dawn, Young World, April 16th, 2022