Along the lines of fascinating and useless information the computer mouse was invented officially 40 years ago today by the American Douglas Engelbart at the California Stanford Research Institute.
It may have looked like a medievil automated circumcision device, but apparently you could use it on glass topped or multipattern surfaces without having to wack it every 5 minutes.
It was never supposed to be called the "mouse" but the "engelbart" doesnt have quite the same ring to it, or of course the link to the tail like wire hanging out of it.
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