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History & Development

The very first battery was created in 1800 by Alessandro Volta in Italy — he stacked metal discs with saltwater-soaked cardboard between them, creating what we now call the “Volta Pile!”

The Wright brothers’ bicycle repair shop in Dayton, Ohio, became their laboratory for inventing the airplane — they used their knowledge of bicycle balance to understand flight!

History & Development

The wheel was invented around 3500 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), making it over 5,500 years old!

The first windmills were built in Persia (modern-day Iran) around 500-900 AD and were used to grind grain into flour!

The average car tire spins about 800 times during one mile of driving.