The invention of the fire extinguisher was spurred by a scientist's accidental observation of chemical inhibition?
Fact #43 of 200. Read the answer and test yourself.
The answer
True. Thomas Alva Edison's assistant found that bicarbonate soda stops fire from heat.
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