Ever wonder why we say Hello! during phone calls ???

Allen Koenigsberg, a Brooklyn College professor, labored hard for about five years to resolve the “hello” mystery. The Telephone Exchanges were the first setup in the US and they mentioned ‘Hello’ as the standard way to start a conversation on a phone in their manuals, which was then adopted world wide. The second word in the running was ‘Ahoy’ that was being pushed by Bell Telephone company.