Amazing fact about the invention of the lighter
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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- Who invented the reflecting telescope?
“Isaac Newton built the first practical reflecting telescope in 1668, using a curved mirror instead of lenses to gather light.”
Reference: Encyclopaedia Britannica
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