There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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