Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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