DID YOU KNOW THAT THE CAT FLAP WAS INVENTED OVER 700 YEARS AGO. IN THE 1700S THE FAMOUS SCIENTIST SIR ISAAC NEWTON HAD ONE AT HIS HOUSE IN LONDON.
FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE INVENTION OF THE TELEPHONE, PEOPLE ANSWERED IT BY SAYING AHOY. IT WAS THE INVENTOR THOMAS EDISON WHO SUGGESTED USING HELLO INSTEAD.
THE STEEL-NIB PEN WAS ONLY INVENTED IN 1830. UP UNTIL THEN THE ONLY PRACTICAL WRITING INSTRUMENT WAS A FEATHER QUILL PEN.
US PATENT 3,593,345 WAS AWARDED FOR A SOUNDPROOFED TOILET SEAT!
THE SAFETY PIN WAS INVENTED IN 1849 BY WALTER HUNT. IT ONLY TOOK HIM THREE HOURS!
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Author: Ian Locke
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Print length: 80 pages
Language: English