Today, cars take up a significant part of our lives. They help us get from point A to point B with relative…
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Inventions
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It is tempting to think life in the 21st century is a world away from the 1800s, but despite the communication revolution…
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There’s nothing quite like the prospect of a battlefield advantage to convince a general or politician to plow some money into a…
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They buzz, hop, and make noises in the night. It is hard to miss the presence of insects. But for most, these…
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Sometimes, genius arrives simply by chance, not by choice. That explains why some of the greatest inventions happened by accident. In some…
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Have you ever wondered how somebody came up with an idea? For example, how did somebody ever think of making an X-ray…
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In a world of short-lived inventions, today’s gadgets and fads become tomorrow’s relics; sometimes by accident, often by design. Two hundred years…
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The term ‘dark ages’ was coined by a 14th century Italian scholar called Petrarch, and has since been informally used to refer…
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Manners and Tone of Good Society (1879), the seminal guide to Victorian dining, outlined how to navigate around the vast array of…
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When a new gadget or technological marvel is introduced, people often describe it as something that will change the world. Maybe it…