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Cocktails Came Out of Prohibition?

Written by:
Brooke Binkowski
Apr 14, 2016 A long-running claim that cocktails were an entirely American invention appears to be something ...
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Potato Chip Origin

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Apr 21, 2013 Were potato chips invented thanks to a cook's momentary fit of pique?
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Brassiere and Otto Titzling

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Oct 31, 2011 Was the brassiere invented by Otto Titzling?
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Play-Doh Origins

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jun 27, 2011 Play Doh started out as a wallpaper cleaner?
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Life Without Black People

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 24, 2011 List of technological innovations brought about by African-American inventors.
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Monkee Mike Nesmith and Liquid Paper

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 Did Monkee Mike Nesmith's mother invent Liquid Paper?
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Cabbage Patch Dolls

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 Were Cabbage Patch dolls designed to resemble what people will look like after a nuclear attack?
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Champagne Glass Origin

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 Were champagne glasses modeled on Marie Antoinette's breasts?
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Botts' Dots

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 How Botts' Dots, the rounded raised markers on California roads, came to be invented.
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Post-It Note Origin

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 How post-it notes came to be invented.
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Ivory Soap Origin

Written by:
David Mikkelson
May 20, 2011 How Ivory Soap came by its ability to float.
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The Origins of FedEx

Written by:
Snopes Staff
May 27, 2009 Did the idea behind FedEx earn that company's founder a failing mark while he was a college student?
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Rene Laennec examining a patient, 1816.

Was the Stethoscope Invented to Preserve Modesty?

Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson
Mar 31, 2009 On one momentous day, French physician Rene Laennec rolled a sheaf of paper into a tube and plac ...
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Did Cocaine Users Cause McDonald's to Replace Their Coffee Spoons?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Aug 6, 2008 Businesses are not well served when their products are associated with illegal activities.
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The Origin of Graham Crackers

Written by:
David Mikkelson
Aug 19, 2002 Were graham crackers named for a man who believed unhealthy diet led to sexual excess?
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The Strange History of the Shopping Cart

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Nov 15, 2000 How the wheeled shopping cart came to be...and came to be used for so many purposes.
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Were Kotex Products First Manufactured as Bandages During WWI?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Dec 31, 1998 The company that designed a new and improved wartime essential was faced with a dilemma at the e ...
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