Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Where does the term "computer bug" come from?
In 1947, Grace Hopper's team found a moth stuck in the Harvard Mark II computer, and the story helped popularize the term "computer bug."
Reference: Smithsonian National Museum of American History
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Necessity is the mother of Invention, but chocolate can work too.
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