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Until the 1890s, there were no golf bags, and caddies simply tied a strap around the clubs. The word, caddy is derived from the French word “cadet”...

The English inventor Henry Mill had patented a similar machine long ago in 1714, which never seems to have gone into production. The QWERTY keyboar...

Made of lead, early toy trains had no moving parts with only some made with wheels that would actually turn. From around 1875 onwards, with better ...

Ancient civilisations made spoons from materials including wood, bone, rock, gold, silver and ivory. Today, stainless steel is the most common mate...

Early tea bags were hand-sewn fabric bags, with patents dating as early as 1903 with their first commercial appearance around 1904. Traditional Eng...

First depicted on the sides of ancient Egyptian tombs and in Mesopotamian culture, the harp is one of the oldest instruments in the world, dating b...

Headphones were introduced in the 70s for home-listening of records, weighing 1 to 2 kg. When Sony released the Walkman, the demand rose for portab...

The modern violin has been around for around 500 years, which is said to have been designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati. The modern violins have ...

Brushes can be made using badger, boar, or horse hair. Material of the handles include plastic, wood, porcelain, ivory, tortoiseshell, crystal, sil...

If all the LEGO bricks sold in a year were lined up end to end, it would reach over 5 times around the globe. The word “Lego” dervies from the firs...

The Porsche 911 is undoubtedly one of the most iconic names in motoring, yet this name was initially set to be called the Porsche 901 - it was stop...

A buoy is a floating device that serve various purposes. It can be anchored at a location to guide or to warn mariners. It can serve to mark positi...

Blank audio cassettes saw record sales in 1996 of over 2 billion. Although there are no precise figures, it is estimated that around 30 billion cas...

On board the Voyager, currently nearly 12 billion miles away from earth, are two of the most famous records in the universe. The Golden Records fea...

The most expensive guitar sold for $2.8million at an auction to raise money for victims of a 2004 earthquake. It featured signatures including Mick...

First models of bicycles were called velocipedes, which were created in France, but its modern design was born in England. Today over 100 million b...

Archaeologists have found glass bottles dating as far early as 1400 BC by the Egyptians. Glass can be recycled indefinitely without losing its qual...

The oldest brewery is believed to be Weihenstephan in Freising, Germany, where their licensing history goes back to 1040 AD. They have continued br...

An innkeeper in the mid 19thC, whilst using two containers to pour drinks back and forth, noticed the mouth of one container being smaller than the...

Wine was stored in jugs, oil cloth and pieces of woods used instead of corks as we know today. In the 17th century it became more common to have co...

The first patented corkscrew in England was by Samuel Henshaw in 1795. However, earlier designs of a corkscrew was based on a tool called a gun wor...

After water and tea, beer is the third most popular drink, and by far, the most popular alcoholic drink in the world. Beer making is as old as hum...

The first motion pictures were introduced back in the late 1800s, although it usually consisted of a single scene that lasted around one minute, in...

The first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975. It was dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photographic film business.

Unclean smartphones can contain around 600 units of staphylococcus bacteria, in contrast to less than 20 units on a toilet seat. Studies show that ...

The Chinese were the first to use the bristle toothbrush, going back to the Tang Dynasty (619 CE to 907 CE). They arrived in Europe via Chinese tra...

Cast iron bottle openers were made in many shapes and sizes, often very cheeky featuring naked ladies. Many have also been made to commemorate Roya...

Regular exercise helps lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, significantly lowering the chances of heart disease, whilst also improving ment...

The borough of Guildford measures 104.6 square miles (270.9 km2). Home to Guildford Castle, it is the only royal residence ever to be built in Surr...

Sark is an island measuring 2.10 square miles (5.45 km2), and is one of the few remaining places in the world where cars are banned from roads and ...

The county of Wales measures 8,023 square miles (20,779 km2). Wales has more castles per square mile than any other European country. Famous people...

Norwich measures 20.3 square miles (52.6 km2). Norwich was England’s second biggest city for more than 700 years, and Norfolk England’s most populo...

Norfolk measures 2,074 square miles (5,372 km2) and is the driest county in the UK. Sandringham in North Norfolk, is home to the Queen’s country re...

Southampton measures 28.1 square miles (72.8 km2). It is the only city in the UK with a geothermal power station, ranking among the cities in the U...

Liverpool measures 43.2 square miles (111.8 km2). The city impressively holds the Guinness Book of Records for being the "Capital of Pop". No other...

Scotland measures 30,090 square miles (77,933 km2). A nation of innovators, from architectural techniques to scientific discoveries, inventions fro...