Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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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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