Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- When was smallpox eradicated?
“The World Health Organization declared smallpox eradicated in 1980, making it the first human disease wiped out by vaccination.”
Reference: World Health Organization (WHO)
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Who created the first vaccine?
In 1796, Edward Jenner created the first vaccine by infecting a boy named James Phipps with cowpox, which protected him from smallpox.
Necessity is the mother of Invention, but chocolate can work too.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.