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

  • When a piece of bread is toasted, it's called the "Maillard reaction."
  • Peanuts can be used to make dynamite.
  • A German and British aeroplane shot each other down in Norway during WWII. The crew met and helped each other survive. Two of them later visited each other many years after the war was over as friends.
  • Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree, the Dogwood.
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