Thomas Edison was not the first to invent the lightbulb, but he did create a commercially viable incandescent bulb with carbon filament.

Henry Ford’s Model T, one of the longest production models in automotive history sold over 15 million cars between 1908 and 1927.

Between French and American efforts it took 33 years to complete the Panama Canal. There were 500 deaths per mile of manmade waterway.

The bikini was named after the first atom bomb was detonated on ‘bikini atoll.’ French fashion designer Jacque Hain launched bikini history on the world July 5th, 1946.