Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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