Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
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Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Solymon Merrick patented the wrench tool.
A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
American inventor Ogden Bolton Jr. patented the first electric-powered bicycle.
George B. Selden was granted the patent for a gasoline internal combustion engine car.
