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01.Construction workers hard hats were first invited and used in the building of Hoover Dam in 1933
02.The microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
03.The word “engineer” comes from the Latin word ingenium, meaning “cleverness.”
04.The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest man-made structure for 3,800 years.
05.The Eiffel Tower expands by about 15 cm in summer due to heat.
06.Leonardo da Vinci designed a robot in the 15th century.
07.The Golden Gate Bridge was built to withstand winds of up to 100 mph.
08.Engineers use “biomimicry” to design technology inspired by nature.
09.The world’s first recorded engineer was Imhotep, who designed Egypt’s first pyramid.
10.The Panama Canal uses gravity to move water through its locks.
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11.The Large Hadron Collider is the world’s largest machine, spanning 17 miles.
12.Engineers designed bullet trains based on kingfisher birds to reduce noise.
13.The steam engine sparked the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century.
14.Nikola Tesla designed the first remote control.
15.The first air conditioner was created to control humidity, not temperature.
16.The Wright brothers’ first airplane had a 12-horsepower engine.
17.The world’s fastest train, the Maglev, travels at over 375 mph.
18.The first known vending machine was invented in ancient Greece.
19.The Ferris wheel was designed as a competitor to the Eiffel Tower.
20.The Segway uses gyroscopes to maintain balance.
21.The Saturn V rocket is still the most powerful rocket ever built.
22.The internal combustion engine has over 200 moving parts.
23.The Great Wall of China is over 13,000 miles long.
24.Roman concrete is more durable than modern concrete.
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25.The Hoover Dam contains enough concrete to build a highway from coast to coast.
26.The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at 828 meters.
27.The Brooklyn Bridge was one of the first suspension bridges.
28.The Channel Tunnel took 6 years to build and stretches 31 miles under the sea.
29.The Millau Viaduct in France is taller than the Eiffel Tower.
30.The Palm Islands in Dubai are made from 3 billion cubic feet of sand.
31.Some roads in the Netherlands are heated to prevent ice buildup.
32.The Sydney Opera House was inspired by the shape of seashells.
33.Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb but improved its design.
34.The first computer weighed over 27 tons.
35.The term “bug” in computing originated from a moth found in a relay switch.
36.Bluetooth was named after a Viking king.
37.The Apollo 11 lunar module had less computing power than a modern smartphone.
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38.The first email was sent in 1971.
39.Engineers created fiber optics using principles of total internal reflection.
40.The world’s longest-lasting light bulb has been burning since 1901.
41.The first radio transmission was made in 1895.
42.Nikola Tesla envisioned wireless electricity in the early 1900s.
43.The Space Shuttle traveled at 17,500 mph.
44.A Boeing 747 has over 6 million parts.
45.NASA’s Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth.
46.The F-22 Raptor can reach speeds of over 1,500 mph.
47.A supersonic jet creates a shockwave called a “sonic boom.”
48.The Apollo 13 mission was saved by quick-thinking engineers.
49.The International Space Station orbits Earth every 90 minutes.
50.The first helicopter was designed in 1939.

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51.The Concorde was the fastest commercial jet, traveling at twice the speed of sound.
52.Mars rovers are designed to withstand extreme temperatures.
53.The first synthetic plastic was created in 1907.
54.Engineers developed the first artificial heart in 1982.
55.Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests, is five times stronger than steel.
56.Biodegradable plastics are made from cornstarch.
57.Aspirin was one of the first mass-produced drugs.
58.The first pacemaker was invented in 1958.
59.Engineers created self-healing materials for spacecraft.
60.The Haber process revolutionized fertilizer production.
61.Engineers designed artificial limbs controlled by brain signals.
62.The world’s smallest robot is smaller than a grain of salt.
63.The first microprocessor was the Intel 4004, released in 1971.
64.The world’s first computer virus was created in 1986.
65.The first website ever built is still online today.
66.Supercomputers can perform over a quadrillion calculations per second.
67.The term “cloud computing” was first used in 1996.
68.AI-powered robots can now perform complex surgeries.
69.Google’s AI once created its own secret language.
70.The first hard drive was the size of two refrigerators.
71.Wind turbines can be taller than the Statue of Liberty.
72.Solar panels work even in cloudy weather.
73.The Three Gorges Dam in China generates the most electricity of any power station.
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74.Engineers are developing roads that generate electricity.
75.Ocean waves contain immense amounts of renewable energy.
76The first modern wind turbine was built in 1888.
77.Engineers created paint that purifies the air.
78.The world’s largest solar farm is in China and can power 1 million homes.
79Hydroelectric power supplies over 16% of the world’s electricity.
80.The Tesla Powerwall allows homes to store solar energy for nighttime use
81.The Eiffel Tower’s iron expands and contracts with temperature changes.
82.Engineers developed self-cleaning glass using nanotechnology.
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83.Carbon fiber is stronger and lighter than steel.
84.Graphene is one of the strongest materials ever discovered.
85.The Burj Khalifa’s foundation extends 164 feet underground.
86.Engineers are testing 3D-printed buildings for future space colonies.
87.The Great Wall of China was built with sticky rice as a binding agent.
88.Transparent aluminum is real and used in high-tech applications.
89.The world’s first floating city is being planned in South Korea.
90.The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is designed to withstand earthquakes.
91. The Burj Khalifa is so tall (828m) that you can watch the sunset twice—once from the ground and again from the top
92. Concrete was invented by the Romans over 2,000 years ago, and some of their structures, like the Pantheon, still stand today.

93.The Eiffel Tower expands and contracts by about 6 inches in different seasons due to thermal expansion.

94.The Hoover Dam is so massive that the concrete inside is still curing, even after nearly 90 years.
95.Ancient Roman concrete is more durable than modern concrete because it contains volcanic ash that strengthens over time.
96.Leonardo da Vinci designed an early version of the helicopter in the 15th century, but it was never built.
97.Nikola Tesla once dreamed of wirelessly transmitting electricity, and his ideas influenced modern wireless charging technology
98.The International Space Station orbits Earth at 28,000 km/h (17,500 mph) and generates power from solar panels.
99.A single lightning bolt contains up to 1 billion volts—enough to power a home for months.
100.NASA’s Mars rovers are powered by nuclear batteries that provide energy for years.
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