Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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“The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.”
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Where was paper invented?
Paper was invented in China. The court official Cai Lun is traditionally credited with improving and standardizing papermaking around 105 CE.
Who invented the movable-type printing press in Europe?
Johannes Gutenberg developed the movable-type printing press in Mainz, Germany, around 1440. It made books dramatically cheaper and helped spread ideas across Europe.