11 weird products that you probably didn't know Microsoft made

Microsoft, as a company, is vast: With over 40 years of heritage and 118,000 employees across every continent - not to mention almost $100 billion (£64 billion) in revenue during 2015 - it's regarded as a pioneer of the computing world.

Almost everyone is familiar with Windows or Office, collectively two of the most widely used pieces of software ever, and will come into contact with them on a day-to-day basis.

Microsoft's domination of the PC world is part of the reason that the Windows XP default background is said to be the most viewed photo of our age and Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft along with Paul Allen, is the richest man in the world, even after giving away over $27 billion (£17.4 billion).

While these products are well known, Microsoft has also produced some obscure hardware over the past years. Here are nine of the best.