Engadget and Metro report on a story about about Casio selling it billionth calculator which is quite an achievement.

1957 - 0
1969 - 100,000
1972 - 2,000,000
1974 - 10,000,000
1980 - 100,000,000
2006 - 1,000,000,000

The Metro article also lists Casio's Top 10 favourite calculator words:

1. Boobies (5318008)
2. Bellies (5317738)
3. Boobless (55378008)
4. Bogies (531608)
5. Sizzles (5372215)
6. Gobbles (5378806)
7. Google (376006)
8. Boogie (316008)
9. Shell Oil (71077345)
10. Esso (0553)

Anybody got anymore they would like to add?

For all you calculator fans out there check out Sergei Frolov's collection of Soviet Calculators

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