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Discussion Forum : Inventions - Section 1 (Q.No. 12)

Inventions

12.

What invention caused many deaths while testing it?

Dynamite

Ladders

Race cars

Parachute

Answer: Option

Explanation:

Many people who tried to test the first parachutes died by jumping from high places. One attempt was a parachute hat, but the inventor broke his neck while testing it. The first successful parachute was tested from a hot air balloon in 1797, in France, by Jacques Garnerin.