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     tie every day and never wore the same tie twice. Each night he would nail that day’s tie to the wall in his mansion. This
     was Howard G. Whiz’s diary, and he had done this every day for the last 22,297 days. Today, Howard G. Whiz’s tie had a single
     gold lightning bolt painted on it.
    “One, one, one, do I hear one million. One million, one million, one, one, one,” the auctioneer said. “Come on, people. Look
     at the condition of these artifacts. Untouched by human eyes until just last month. One, one, one, can I get one, one, one…”
    A rather large man in the front row raised his hand and was immediately jabbed in the ribs by his wife’s elbow.
    “Well, honey, they have been untouched by human eyes for centuries,” he explained.
    “Great, one million from the fat man in the front row. Do I hear two, two, two million. Looking for two, two, two, two, who
     will go two, all right. Two million from the man with the giant scar in the second row. Three, three, three, who’s gonna give
     me three? Three, three. People, we are looking for three, and three million dollars from the man in back. Four, four, four,
     do I hear four million? Who wants to own a slice of history? Four, four, four, four, where are the Tesla lovers? We need four,
     four, four, for all these wonderful inventions. Terrific, Colonel Sanders is willing to pay four million dollars. Now who
     will give me five, five, five…”
    Much to his father’s regret, Howard G. Whiz’s parents knew that Howard was unusual almost at birth. At the tender age of three,
     Howard weaned himself off his pacifier by biting an eighth of an inch off the tip of the pacifier each morning for two weeks.
     By the end of the second week, his pacifier was gone and so was his desire for one.
    “Five million, five million, do I hear five million? Five million to the man with the scar. Six, six, will anyone go six?”
     the auctioneer asked.
    “Say here.” Howard stood up. “Ten million, good boy. I will give you ten million dollars for Mr. Tesla’s fine inventions.”
    Howard G. Whiz could bid ten times that amount if he wanted to, and everyone in the room knew it. Howard had been famous his
     entire life, thanks mostly to an invention he created when he was just seven years old.
    In 1922, Thomas Fairbairn invented an artificial grass from a concoction of cottonseed hulls, sand, oil, and dye. This invention
     fueled the development of a new game called miniature golf. By 1935, America had become obsessed with miniature golf. And
     so had Howard G. Whiz’s father, Gordon Whiz. Gordon spent hours practicing miniature golf in his living room by putting a
     golf ball into a coffee can. Gordon made his son Howard sit next to the can, rolling the balls back to him all day.
    Obsessed with the new science of electricity and tired of rolling the balls back to his father, Howard decided to invent a
     device that would automatically return the golf balls. He decided to turn the coffee can into an electromagnet.
    When the golf ball entered the coffee can, it would trigger a switch that would run electricity through the wires Howard had
     wrapped around the outside of the can. The entire coffee can would become an electromagnet, attracting the hammer Howard had
     mounted to the back of the can. The hammer would swing forward, knocking the ball out of the can and back to his father. It
     was Howard’s first invention and he thought his father would love it. But Gordon was irritated at his son’s elaborate attempt
     to get out of work.
    Gordon’s irritation quickly turned to glee when visitors started inquiring about buying a coffee can putt return for themselves.
     Gordon seized the opportunity to make money and forced Howard to spend his days in the cellar building coffee can putt returns.
     Soon, young Howard was spending fourteen hours a day building the putting devices. He now hated his invention and hated his
     father for making him build it.
    In an effort to have