How was the order of our alpha...
Is there any particular reason why A comes before B or that Z is the last letter of the alphabet? We delve here into the origins of this and the system of writing.
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The Safety Razor – A His...
There was a time when men took their life in their hands when shaving. King Camp Gillette helped to change all that.
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The scoring system in modern Tennis is pretty odd … “Deuce”, “love”, “15-30-40”. So where did the game and the odd scoring system originate ?
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Chewing gum
Where, when and who invented Chewing gum ? Plus how did it become such a global phenomenon ?
read moreThe Zipper
The zipper is an indispensable little piece of technology that we’d be lost without. It was an out-of-the-blue invention. Nothing like it had existed before.
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