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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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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