The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
12
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
46
Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34
Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
17
If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
25