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| The first rocket was invented by the Chinese in the 13th century. |
| False eyelashes were invented by the American film director D.W. Griffith while he was making his 1916 epic, "Intolerance". Griffith wanted actress Seena Owen to have lashes that brushed her cheeks, to make her eyes shine larger than life. A wigmaker wove human hair through fine gauze, which was then gummed to Owen's eyelids. "Intolerance" was critically acclaimed but flopped financially, leaving Griffith with huge debts that he might have been able to settle easily - had he only thought to patent the eyelashes. |
| Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump." |
| The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker. |
| Mr. Peanut was invented in 1916 by a Suffolk, Virginia schoolchild who won $5 in a design contest sponsored by Planters Peanuts. |
| Everyone thinks it was Whitcomb Judson who invented the zipper but it was really Elias Howe. Elias was so busy inventing the sewing machine that he didn't get around to selling his zipper invention which he called a "clothing closure". |
| The oiuja board was invented by Isaac and William Fuld, and was patented July 1, 1892. |
| The hamburger was invented in 1900 by Louis Lassen. He ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast. |
| In 2003, scientists managed to create a material dense enough to stop light mid-way through it, allowing them to observe static light. |
| The Can opener wasn't invented until 48 years after the can. |
| Nobel Prize resulted from a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered as a propagator of violence-he invented dynamite. |
| Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. |
| Dry cereal for breakfast was invented by John Henry Kellogg at the turn of the century |
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