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The article starts:

> It’s not certain when or where the first wheel was made.

Nope, fuck that, I'm out. What an awful start.

Yeah, the intro is a bit of a stretch, and the article would be better off without it. They should have included a video instead. The rest of the text is surprisingly informative, though.

I saw the same opening line and groaned.

There is a video at the top though.

There is a video at the top though.

Not on my screen, there isn't. There's a placeholder where a video might be, but all I see is "Accept Personalization cookies to view the content."

Yeah, piss off with that, needy web page.

If you turn off your ice maker, the fridge won't make ice.

This is closer to "If you don't open your door, your fridge won't make ice"

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