▲Steven Paul Jobs, Steven Gary Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne founded Apple on April 1, 1976.

▲The Apple headquarters is located in Cupertino, California.

▲The company was named by Steve Jobs, who was a fruitarian at the time and just really liked the fruit.

▲The first Apple computer consisted solely of an assembled circuit board.

▲The first advertisement for Apple Macintosh aired during the 1984 Super Bowl XVIII.

▲Apple Inc. was called Apple Computer Inc. for 30 years (until 2007). It was changed to reflect its expanding market.

▲The first attempt at the company logo was a drawing of Sir Isaac Newton.

▲The original Apple logo was a rainbow apple. It was changed to white in 1997.

▲The first two Apple stores opened in 2001, and were located in McLean, Virginia and Glendale, California.

▲The name iPod came from '2001: A Space Odyssey.'

▲The creator of the iPod initially offered the product to the companies Real Network and Philips, who both turned him down.

▲As of 2021, Apple employs some 154,000 employees.

▲There are six states in the US that do not have an Apple store: Montana, North Dakota, West Virginia, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming.

▲According to Digg, Apple needs just under nine minutes to earn US$1 million.

▲Apple patented their “slide-to-unlock” feature and sued Samsung in 2017 for trying to duplicate it.

▲Some three-quarters of Apple’s current income comes from products developed within the past decade, according to thefactsite.com.

▲Every Siri conversation is recorded and sent to headquarters to be analyzed and stored.

▲Apple co-founder Ronald Wayne sold his shares in the company for US$800 in 1977. Today, they would be worth billions.

▲Smoking near an Apple computer voids the warranty.

▲According to Computerworld, Apple was selling 849,600 iPhones per day in the first quarter of 2018.

▲According to the site Spinfold, Apple.com is among the top 30 websites in the US and the top 50 in the world.

▲iPhones seem ubiquitous now, but they were only launched in 2007.

▲iPhone was not the original name for the product. Developers initially considered the names Mobi, Telepod, and Tripod.

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As of January 2021, Apple was reported to have US$195.57 billion in cash on hand.

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For the final 15 years he spent with the company, Steve Jobs only accepted a salary of one dollar, just to qualify for the health benefits.

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Despite being one of its founders, Steve Jobs was fired from the company in 1985 after attempting to fire CEO John Sculley. He returned in 1997.

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The first Apple computer, Apple I, cost US$666.66, according to the BBC.

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The company tried selling other products during the '80s and '90s, including cameras, clothes, shoes, and video game consoles.

▲Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs left behind a legacy in the form of one of the most valuable technology corporations in the world: Apple. In this gallery, discover some random facts about Apple, its history, and its founders. Click on.

Remembering Steve Jobs' legacy

The tech legend was born on February 24, 1955

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LIFESTYLE Apple

Although he's no longer with us, Steve Jobs left behind a legacy in the form of one of the most valuable technology corporations in the world: Apple. In this gallery, discover some random facts about Apple, its history, and its founders. Click on.