Fun Facts about Cambridge:

  • The first computer was built in Cambridge in 1928 at MIT.
  • Cambridge was first known as Newe Towne before it was changed to Cambridge in honor of Cambridge University in England.
  • An MIT fraternity created the Smoot in 1958.  It’s a non-standard unit of measurement based on the height of Oliver Smoot (5 feet and 7 inches).

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