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A French man, Emile Leray, was on a solo trip in Morocco in 1993 when he encountered a challenge. His Citroen 2CV broke down in the middle of the Sahara when he accidentally hit a rock, which damaged his car's chassis. He was stranded several miles from the nearest settlement.

He realized that he couldn't make it out on foot, so he decided to build a makeshift motorbike using parts of his wrecked car to escape from the Moroccan desert. He had only a toolbox and enough supplies of food and water for 10 days.

He first detached the body, which he turned into his ""house,"" and then the rest of the vehicle was pulled apart and gradually turned into a motorcycle. He converted the car's rear bumper into a rudimentary seat, shortened the chassis, and placed the engine and gearbox in the middle.

He successfully converted his 2CV into a motorcycle after twelve days of work and rode the bike out of the desert. After a day of riding, Emile was picked up by the Moroccan police force, who took him to the nearest village.

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A French man, Emile Leray

It took 15 years and 5,127 prototypes for James Dyson to ship his first vacuum.

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Office life before the invention of AutoCAD and other drafting softwares

On Nov 19, 1968, David W Rabenhorst patented Mobile space suit joints.

Mesh drains in Australia prevent water bodies pollution.

On Nov 2, 1897, Nikola Tesla patented Electrical Transformer.

a French cat named Filicette became the only feline to travel to space.
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Space fact:  In 1963

 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and L. Szilárd for the Einstein refrigerator. 

The Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate.

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On Nov 11, 1930 – Patent number US1781541

Completed tunnel lining at intake portal of Diversion Tunnel No. 4, view looking toward entrance.

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Hoover Dam construction, Boulder City, Nevada.

November 14, 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser. 

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The world's first laser.

Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

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On November 15, 1971

The first space station module component, Zarya, for the International Space Station is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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On November 20, 1998

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