A Brief History of DayGlo
(via mental_floss) In 1933, a student at the University of California named Bob Switzer fell and hit his head. He
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Reinventing the Bicycle Wheel
(via Great Big Story) Since the Stone Age, the wheel has helped spearhead our most important discoveries and changed transportation
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Stanford Ovshinsky Might Be the Most Prolific Inventor You’ve Never Heard Of
(via Smithsonian) It’s hard to look around in today’s technology-driven world and not see something that exists because of inventor
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How the World’s First Movie Star Changed Cars Forever
(via Great Big Story) In the early 1900s, Florence Lawrence was one of the most recognizable women in America. She
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How the Humble Pencil Conquered the World
(via Popular Mechanics) Pencils aren’t just for the SATs. It is the go-to drawing tool of the carpenter and the
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Things scientists wish they hadn’t discovered
( via Grunge) We all do things we later come to regret, but for most of us that means a
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The Unlikely Origins of the Rearview Mirror
(via Great Big Story) The rearview mirror: a trusty soldier in the pursuit of security, a means of scanning for
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How the Humble Pencil Conquered the World
(via Popular Mechanics) Pencils aren’t just for the SATs. It is the go-to drawing tool of the carpenter and the
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Who Really Invented the Electric Guitar?
(via Popular Mechanics) The names of Les Paul and Leo Fender grace many of the most famous electric guitars. Designed
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The Invention that Tamed America, and the Town Obsessed with It
(via Atlas Obscura) Could anything be less friendly than barbed wire? Its whole purpose is to deter, to turn back,
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The Hoax That Claimed Thomas Edison Could Turn Dirt Into Food
(via Atlas Obscura) Even in 1878, readers of The New York Graphic should have known better than to trust a
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The movie star who doubled as a groundbreaking inventor
(via Huck) Once known as ‘the world’s most beautiful woman’, Hedy Lamarr was an icon of Hollywood’s golden era. But she
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