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Maine isn’t just about Stephen King and lobster rolls—we’ve actually contributed to civilization in ways that don’t involve scaring you senseless by dreaming up some pretty groundbreaking inventions.

We’ve all been there—bundled up for winter, feeling relatively warm… except for those two body parts that refuse to cooperate: your ears and your nose. Well, back in 1873, a 15-year-old from Farmington, Maine, decided he was done suffering and came up with a revolutionary invention.

Mainers have ingenuity, and here are 7 examples of things you may not know that Mainers invented.

A groundbreaking invention warms that certain part of your body that always seems to get cold in the winter.

Today, March 13 is National Earmuffs Day to Celebrate Chester Greenwood of Farmington, Maine

Downtown Farmington  honors  it's most famous resident on Saturday,December 1st. It's Chester Greenwood Day with events in Downtown Farmington this Saturday from 10 to 3. Chester Greenwood was most famous for inventing earmuffs at the age of 15, but that's just the tip of the iceberg of what Chester Greenwood accomplished. He also patented a tea kettle and a steel tip rake and manufactured earmuff