Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- Where was the compass invented?
“The first compasses were made in ancient China from lodestone, a naturally magnetic rock, and were used for fortune-telling and feng shui before navigation.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Who first described the magnetic compass needle?
Chinese scientist Shen Kuo described a magnetized needle compass in 1088 and noted that it doesn't point exactly north.
China, or U.S., which nation has more english speakers?
China has more English speakers than the United States.