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  • What did Galileo Galilei invent, causing great discoveries in the field of astronomy?
    The telescope
  • Who is the first person to win two Nobel prizes?
    Marie Skłodowska Curie
  • Who co-founded and invented apple and the apple computer?
    Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
  • When was the first electric car built?
    1884 (By Thomas Parker)
  • Who was the first to create a vaccine for rabies?
    Louis Pasteur
  • What is the name of the airplane that made the first sustained flight?
    Wright Flyer (Also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer l or 1903 Flyer)
  • What was bubble wrap actually for?
    It was for wallpaper
  • Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 for his discovery of the photoelectric effect?
    Albert Einstein
  • What invention is Alfred Nobel, who the Nobel prizes are named after, best known for?
    Dynamite
  • How many patents did Thomas Edison hold?
    Over 1000 (About 1093)
  • What important medical breakthrough is Alexander Fleming famous for?
    Discovering penicillin
  • How did the invention of the printing press affect the Catholic Church?
    It reduced the Church's control
  • Who did Alexander Graham Bell never call, despite being close to them?
    His mother and his wife. (They are both deaf.)
  • Are the WWW and Internet the same thing?
    No
  • What year did Thomas Edison invent the phonograph, which was his first major invention?
    1877
  • Karl Benz invented which transportation device that we use daily?
    Automobile
  • Who invented the World Wide Web?
    Tim Berners-Lee
  • What did James Naismith create?
    Basketball
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