Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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