Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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