Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- Is steam still used to make electricity?
“Most of the world's electricity is still made with steam, because coal, nuclear, and many natural gas power plants boil water to spin steam turbines.”
Reference: US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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Did the ancient Greeks have a steam engine?
Hero of Alexandria described the aeolipile, a spinning steam-powered device, in the first century AD, but it was treated as a curiosity rather than a machine for work.
Energy consumption in the U.S.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, electricity consumption will increase by 51 percent from 2002 to 2025.