Every $1$-manifold is orientable

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How to prove that every $1$-manifold is orientable?

Can I use Zorn's Lemma and produce a maximal orientable manifold that will have to be all M?

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There are two connected 1-dimensional manifolds. The circle and the real line. Both are obviously orientable because the volume forms $d\theta$ and $dx$ are non-vanishing.