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PATENT OF CAT COLLAR (1952)
Text on the reverse side: Dated ca 2500-2350 BC, on an Egyptian tomb, the first illustration of a cat with a collar was found. By the 12th dynasty ...
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Text on the reverse side: Dated ca 2500-2350 BC, on an Egyptian tomb, the first illustration of a cat with a collar was found. By the 12th dynasty ...
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Text on the reverse side: Although today, linen, wool, silk and cotton yarns are mostly used, early sewers used thread made from leather thongs, gu...
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Text on the reverse side: Traditionally, heels were for men. Riding horses required footwear with heels in order to stay in the stirrups - hence th...
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Text on the reverse side: Isaac Merritt Singer came from humble beginnings. Working in a machine-shop in Boston in 1851, he was given a sewing mach...
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Text on the reverse side: Improvements made to design a cross cutting device was introduced by the Romans in 100 AD. The name originates from the L...
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Text on the reverse side: Studies showed that if given the opportunity to select one designer item, handbag would be the item of choice by 22% of w...
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Text on the reverse side: The major difference between a mannequin and a dress form, is the layer of foam and cloth on top of its inner shell, whic...
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Text on the reverse side: Starting with the Hobart Model-H in 1914, followed by the domestic model in 1919, the food mixer has since become a key k...
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Text on the reverse side: The craze for the hourglass figure peaked in popularity in the Victorian period when steel boning was used to shape the w...
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Text on the reverse side: Purses and handbags have been a practical necessity, as well as a fantastic fashion accessory which can be traced as far ...
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Text on the reverse side: Depending on where we are on the globe, some of us are spinning through space at just over 1,000 miles per hour. Those po...
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Text on the reverse side: Show jumping began on July 28, 1868. At the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, where the competition went on for four days, the...
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Text on the reverse side: First established in 1903, Harley-Davidson created their first motorcycle in a humble ten by fifteen wooden shed. Their v...
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Text on the reverse side: Early tea bags were hand-sewn fabric bags, with patents dating as early as 1903 with their first commercial appearance ar...
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Text on the reverse side: The instrument has been used successfully in symphonic music such as Bizet, Massenet, and Berlioz. Today the saxophone is...
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Text on the reverse side: Brushes can be made using badger, boar, or horse hair. Material of the handles include plastic, wood, porcelain, ivory, t...
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Text on the reverse side: 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 “L...
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Text on the reverse side: A buoy is a floating device that serve various purposes. It can be anchored at a location to guide or to warn mariners. I...
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Text on the reverse side: The oldest brewery is believed to be Weihenstephan in Freising, Germany, where their licensing history goes back to 1040 ...
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Text on the reverse side: An innkeeper in the mid 19thC, whilst using two containers to pour drinks back and forth, noticed the mouth of one contai...
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Text on the reverse side: Wine was stored in jugs, oil cloth and pieces of woods used instead of corks as we know today. In the 17th century it bec...
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Text on the reverse side: The first patented corkscrew in England was by Samuel Henshaw in 1795. However, earlier designs of a corkscrew was based ...
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Text on the reverse side: After water and tea, beer is the third most popular drink, and by far, the most popular alcoholic drink in the world. Be...
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Text on the reverse side: Cast iron bottle openers were made in many shapes and sizes, often very cheeky featuring naked ladies. Many have also bee...
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Text on the reverse side: In 1907, the first movie theatre was opened. Prior to this, most movies were shown in traditional theatres. As for top ti...
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Text on the reverse side: Early cameras filmed at sixteen frames per second, which by today’s standards is incredibly slow. Modern 35mm cameras fil...
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Text on the reverse side: A single lens microscope was invented in the 1660s by Antony van Leeuwenhoek which was capable of magnifying an object up...
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Text on the reverse side: A dress form is a model of the torso used for fitting clothing in the process of it being designed or sewed. Some call th...
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Text on the reverse side: During World War II, although cosmetics were rationed, the lipstick was the only cosmetic that was kept in production und...
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Text on the reverse side: The first fountain pen with a built in reservoir was produced in 1844. The first nibs were made of gold alloys. They were...
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Text on the reverse side: Ancient civilisations made spoons from materials including wood, bone, rock, gold, silver and ivory. Today, stainless ste...
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Text on the reverse side: First depicted on the sides of ancient Egyptian tombs and in Mesopotamian culture, the harp is one of the oldest instrume...
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Text on the reverse side: The modern violin has been around for around 500 years, which is said to have been designed in the 1500’s by Andrea Amati...
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Text on the reverse side: First models of bicycles were called velocipedes, which were created in France, but its modern design was born in England...
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Text on the reverse side: In public toilets, the first cubicle in a row is generally the least used, as people generally seek privacy and opt for t...
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Text on the reverse side: The Chinese were the first to use the bristle toothbrush, going back to the Tang Dynasty (619 CE to 907 CE). They arrived...
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