The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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