The History behind different Inventions

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The History behind different Inventions

• By Rachel

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Earmuffs

• Chester Greenwood was only 15 when he invented
  earmuffs
• After Chester invented earmuffs his friends
  teased him when he wore them but soon Chesters
  friends wanted them, too
• The first earmuffs were only cloth pads sewn to
  wire
• Earmuffs were invented in 1873

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Barbies

• Ruth Handler invented Barbies because her
  daughter got board of playing with baby dolls
• The names Barbie and Ken came from Ruth Handlers
  children
• Ruth Handler became the president of the Mattel
  toy company
• Barbies were invented in 1959

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Television

• Philo Farnsworth decided to become an inventor
  when he was only 6
• Philo was a teenager when he invented television
• The first thing to be on television was a dollar
  sign
• Television was invented in 1927

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Tupperware

• Earl Tupper made the first Tupperware bowls were
  made out of leftover scrap plastic from where he
  worked
• After Earl invented Tupperware everyone wanted
  them for parties
• Tupperware was invented in 1947

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Internet

• Internet was invented when the U.S. government
  was worried that a nuclear attack could wipe out
  America's intelligence system
• Internet was first used to communicate between
  military installations to protect communication
  flow
• Internet was invented in 1969

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Coca-cola

• John Pemberton was trying to make medicine when
  he concocted the formula for Coca-cola
• In the first year of sales the company only made
  50
• Coca-cola was invented in1886

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Safety glass

• Safety glass was invented on accident when
  Edouard Benedictus dropped a glass flask to the
  ground and to his surprise the glass flask stayed
  together
• When he showed the safety glass to auto dealers
  they were surprisingly not interested
• Safety glass was invented in1903

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Root beer

• Root beer was originally cough syrup but when you
  add a few ingredients it became a loved soft
  drink
• Root beer was first sold in a drug store for 5
  cents a mug
• Root beer was invented in1866

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Potato chips

• George Crum was trying to play a trick on a man
  that kept sending back his fries because the man
  said that the fries weren't thin enough
• Finally George made fries that were ridiculously
  thin and crispy and to his surprise the man liked
  them
• Potato chips were invented in 1853

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Matches

• Inventor John Walker was trying to invent a new
  kind of explosive when he invented matches
• John was stirring a new formula when he went to
  attend to other business
• Whenever he was gone the formula left on the
  stick hardened
• When he was trying to get the hardened formula
  off he rubbed the stick on the stone floor of his
  workshop and to his surprise the stick lit
• Matches were invented in1826
  

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