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A Light Bulb That Dries Your Clothes Too!

Lightbulb-dryer

A German designer, Samuel Treindi discovered a way that people can transform waste heat from incandescent light bulbs into something less wasteful. A pulley system creates space to hang clothing, where the heat from the light can dry them. It's simple and affordable for anyone who wants to save energy. By using light to see AND dry clothes, the new light bulbs will be a great multi-purpose solution.

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A Can Collector Who Made $1.4 Million Dollars

Curt-degerman

Who knew that by collecting cans throughout a city, one man could become a millionaire? Curt Degerman, a Swedish resident, rode around Sweden collecting bottles and cans to be recycled. Although many people viewed him as a homeless man who never completed school, never got married, or had his own family, he was far more than that. In 2008, he passed away at the age of 60, and left behind a fortune.

According to BBC Brasil, when it came time to sort through Curt's estate, it was discovered that he had amassed a fortune totaling nearly $ 1.4 million, leaving it all to a cousin who was kind enough to visit him occasionally in the years before his death. But that's not all. He also owned 124 bars of pure gold.

What many people were unaware of, was that he spent much of his time researching financing in newspapers at a local library. He invested the money that he earned from collecting cans, and built a fortune. He left all $1.4 million to a cousin who was the only person to visit him while he was ill. It goes to show that you can't always judge a book by his cover, can you?

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