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Pogo sticks were officially patented in 1920 by two German inventors named Max Pohlig and Ernst Gottschall, who combined the first two letters of their last…
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Hot air balloons possess absolutely no directional steering mechanisms, making them the only form of human transport where the pilot essentially surrenders…
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