Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- When was the wheel invented?
“The wheel was invented around 3500 BC in Mesopotamia, and it was first used as a potter's wheel for making pottery before anyone put it on a vehicle.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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What is the oldest surviving wooden wheel?
The oldest known surviving wooden wheel, about 5,150 years old, was found in the Ljubljana Marshes in Slovenia.
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
"Mesopotamia" means "land between rivers," referring to the Tigris and Euphrates.