Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- What was the first transistor radio?
“The Regency TR-1, released in 1954, was the first commercially sold transistor radio.”
Reference: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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What's on channel 1?
In the 1940s, the FCC assigned television's Channel 1 to Mobile Services (two-way radios in
taxicabs, for instance) but did not re-number the other channel assignments. That's why your TV
set has channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
When was the transistor invented?
The transistor was invented at Bell Labs in 1947.