You`ve probably heard of a few inventors and their bright Alexander Graham Bell and his telephone. George Stevenson and his Rocket (which was really a train). John Logie Baird and his television. But have you heard Bell didn`t invent the phone, but he did make a weird machine out of hay and a human ear. Stevenson didn`t invent the train, but he did spend a lot of time collecting gas in bladders. Baird`s telly was useless, and so were his thermostatic socks? Yes, even though they`re dead, inventors are still full of surprises. Everything you ever wanted to know about Inventors and their bright ideas.