Fascinating Inventions You Never Knew Existed

Traffic Light Upgrade

If you’ve ever been at a traffic light and thought to yourself, “I feel like I’ve been sitting here forever!” that intersection could probably use a light like this one. This new traffic light counts down until it’s "go time."

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The More You Know

  • The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
  • Bloodhounds are great marathoners.
  • Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd dusted off their Ghostbusters costumes to visit a terminally ill child who was a fan of the film and wanted to meet them.
  • In 1567, the man said to have the longest beard in the world died after he tripped over his beard running away from a fire.
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