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Károly Takács Was A Right Handed Sport Shooter, But Won Olympic Gold Left-Handed

An injury meant he couldn't compete using his dominant hand, so he retrained himself to compete with his other hand.

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46 BC Was The Extra-Long “Year Of Confusion”

Romans spent the year 46 BC trying to fix all the issues with their calendar. That made time literally drag on.

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Watch Out, The Greek Christmas Goblins Are About To Run Amok

If you thought Christmas was behind us, you may be in for a wild surprise.

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The First Electric Christmas Lights Were On A Rotating Tree

This was the handiwork of one Edward Hibberd Johnson, an inventor and electrical evangelist.

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Train Cars, A Trip To The Beach And Telegraphs Helped Inspire The Bar Code

A lot of people are out shopping today, so we'll look at the history of the unsung hero of all that fast and furious commerce.

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Bessie Blount Griffin Invented A Way For Veterans With Disabilities To Feed Themselves, And So Much More

She was a physical therapist, inventor, forensic expert, writer, speaker.... the list goes on and on.

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Why Take A Bath Or A Shower When You Can Hop Into A “Human Washing Machine”?

We have baths and we have showers, but now a company in Japan is offering a pod that it says will wash and dry a person in about 15 minutes.

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Inventor Becky Schroeder Had A Patent Before She Was A Teenager

https://open.spotify.com/episode/093dU0HlVXv7rwc35RMKHz?si=c2a3858ce1344708 Today in 1974, the US issued a patent to one Becky Schroeder, an extremely inventive kid. I mean, not many of us have our...

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Walter Hunt Invented The Modern Safety Pin To Pay Off A $15 Debt

Today in 1849, the US issued a patent for one of the smallest big ideas of the century: the safety pin. And a big factor behind that little invention was paying off a big debt.

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The Physiophone Turned Music Into Physical Sensations For Deaf People To Enjoy, And Dance To

The physiophone was a Hugo Gernsback invention that turned sound into electrical impulses, so Deaf people could feel the music.

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Walk On This High-Tech Goo And It’ll Make Electricity

A team at the University of Guelph has developed a substance that can generate electricity and could help in a multitude of medical situations. What is it? High-tech slime.

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Let’s Jump Into The History Of Parachutes

The birth of André-Jacques Garnerin, a man who helped bring about the modern parachute. And his vision came to him at a very unusual time.

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