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The glowing aesthetic of every late-night diner was born in 1910. A French engineer trapped noble gases in a glass tube and ran a current through them,…
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How did a massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia directly lead to the invention of the world's first bicycle?
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If Alexander Graham Bell had gotten his way, what bizarre word would we all use to answer the phone today?
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Thomas Edison essentially invented the concept of modern movie piracy when he dispatched hired thugs to physically assault independent filmmakers who refused…
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Aside from the lightbulb, Thomas Edison accidentally invented the core technology used for what modern industry?
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László Bíró was utterly exhausted by his fountain pens endlessly smudging ink all over his paper. He noticed that the ink used in printing presses dried…
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