The life boat was patented in 1845!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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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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