The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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