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9 Inventor Wang Zhenfu rides his mechanical horse at a toy exhibition in Beijing Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. The horse, which is powered by the rider's legs and swivels in the middle to turn like a horse, is being sold in China for 3,500 yuan (US$423). Wang, from coastal Qingdao city, was inspired by a story about famous former prime minister Zhu Geliang, of the Shu Kingdom (221-263 AD), who invented a wooden mechanical horse to transport crops.
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