Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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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