Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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.
China, or U.S., which nation has more english speakers?
China has more English speakers than the United States.