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Who Invented the Lollipop and How Did the Candy on a Stick Get its Name?
At the end of the nineteenth century, most candies were too large and dangerous for a child’s mouth. They were sold unwrapped, and they inevitably caused a sticky mess on clothes, faces, and fingers. That was enough to make many parents keep their children from buying them. In a stroke of marketing genius, George Smith [...]
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In the thirteenth century, the Chinese invented dark glasses to be worn by judges so that none in the courtroom could read their eyes. The narrowly slit Eskimo goggles are prehistoric and are a protection against snow-blindness, not the direct sun. Modern sunglasses were a consequence of twentieth-century flight, designed by the American Army Air [...]
How was Anaesthetic invented and When?
Fancy having a limb sawn off with nothing but a piece of leather to bite into to ease the pain? Probably not, but not so long ago, surgery without anaesthetic was a reality for lots of people. It’s a Knock-out. In ancient China, acupuncture was used to reduce pain and desensitise particular areas of the [...]
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If you live in the UK or Ireland or Canada, you’d be very soggy a lot of the time without this simple but clever invention. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. The umbrella was invented around 2000 BC in China, and not a moment too soon, it was bucketing down. Collapsible parasols, or sun shades, [...]
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Gunpowder is, of course, used to fire guns. But it’s also used in fireworks. So it’s something you might well wish you’d invented. Whizz Bang. Gunpowder, the first manufactured explosive, is a mixture of saltpetre, sulphur and charcoal. No one knows who invented it. The earliest mention of the substance, though it’s a bit vague, [...]
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Leave a commentHow was Tea Invented and When?
Did you know that people consume more tea than any other drink, apart from water? Tea might not contain much caffeine, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming highly addictive. One Lump or Two? They have been drinking tea in the UK for 350 years, but its history is much longer than that. According to [...]
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How glad you are about the invention of dancing will depend largely on whether or not you’re any good at it. Dancing Queen. Of course, no one knows who was the first person to start tapping their feet in time to some music or the site of the world’s first dance floor. But we can [...]
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3 CommentsHow was the Refrigerator Invented and When?
Next time you reach for a cold can of Coke, spare a thought for the millions of people who lived before fridges were invented. Keeping food cool keeps it fresher for longer. Since food that isn’t fresh can kill you, this is very important. Before fridges, people put food in cold, dark, damp places, or [...]
How were Weather Prediction and Weather Machines Invented?
The weather has always been difficult to predict, and scientists say we can expect more freak weather conditions as global warming takes its toll. At the moment, we’re lucky just to have an accurate prediction for a few days in advance. We could really do with a device to tell the weather what to do! [...]
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Who Invented the Skeleton Key, How Did the Passkey Get its Name, and Where Did the Skeleton Key Come From?