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Each room starts with a question someone actually asked. New rooms open as new questions come up.

Names That Nearly Were

“Was Xbox always called Xbox?”

Famous names that began as placeholders, near-misses and happy accidents: Xbox, Bluetooth, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, Amazon and more.

“Did you use to write on a typewriter, Dad?”

How writing and printing evolved, from papyrus and goose quills to movable type, the typewriter and correction fluid.