In 1905, Chapman and Skinner in San Francisco invented the first portable electric vacuum. | Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load. | The act of stretching and yawning is referred to as pandiculation. | Abdul Kassam Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. Four hundred camels carried the 117,000 volumes. | The study of twins is known as gemellology.

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