Fun Did you know? Facts The carburetor of the first Harley was made out of a tomato soup can. The first Ferris Wheel was invented by a Pittsburgher. Leonardo da Vinci invented the scissors. The first simultaneous heart, liver and kidney transplant was done in Pittsburgh! The first alarm clock only rang at 4 AM! 1875- US Patent Office Director resigns- nothing left to invent! 1816- the first stethoscope was made from a roll of paper. The first VCR was the size of a piano! A 15 year-old American invented ear muffs in 1873. One man invented the yoyo, parking meters and Good Humor Ice Cream. A new star is born in our galaxy every 18 days. Time magazine named the computer its “man of the year” in 1982. One cubic inch of a white dwarf star can weigh more than 1.5 million tons. A day on the planet Mercury is twice as long as its year. Scientists believe hydrogen comprises 90-99% of all matter in the universe.

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