21st Century Inventions That Could Change Your Life

The Amphibious Bike

Ever wanted to take a bike ride in a lake? With this invention, you can! The giant plastic balls are also filled with water (not fully!) and helps you float around. This photo is from the 1920s. 

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The More You Know

  • The Nobel Committee declined to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 1948 because "there was no suitable living candidate." This was meant as tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, who was assassinated earlier that year without receiving the Prize.
  • Benjamin Franklin was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
  • The tongue is the only muscle in the body attached from one end.
  • Pilots and their co-pilots are required to eat different meals before flights so that they don’t both end up with food poisoning.
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