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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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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