Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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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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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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