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Correct Answer: Russel Earl Marker

Margaret Sanger was the founder of the American birth control movement, but was it Russel Earl Marker, the inventor of the octane rating system for fuel, who eventually developed and patented the first oral contraceptive pill.

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Chainsaws Were Originally Created To Help Women Give Birth

The chainsaw was invented in 1780 by two doctors. It was meant to make the removal of the pelvic bone easier and less time-consuming during childbirth. The original chainsaw was powered by a hand crank, and it looked somewhat like a modern-day kitchen knife with little teeth on a chain that wound around in an oval.

This famous inventor is credited with brightening lives the world over by inventing the lightbulb.

Is it Thomas Edison or Joseph Swan?
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