The toilet seat was invented by a man named John Crapper.
The elevator was made originally to transport barrels of flour.
The first words Thomas Edison spoke into a phonograph was "Mary had a little lamb".
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
Eli Whitney made no money from the cotton gin because he had no valid patent on it.
The first VCR was the size on a piano.
The spot on 7up came from its inventor who had red eyes... he was an albino.
George Washington Carver did not invent peanut butter.
During a four year period, Thomas Edison recieved over 300 patents.
Kleenex tissues were originally designed to filter gas masks.