Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- What did Alexander Graham Bell want people to say when answering the phone?
“Alexander Graham Bell wanted people to answer the phone by saying "ahoy," but Thomas Edison's suggestion of "hello" caught on instead.”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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