
PATENT OF TOILET PAPER ROLL (1891)
Text on the reverse side: The first commercial toilet paper was invented by Joseph Gayetty in 1857 which was used for medical purposes. It was Brit...
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View full detailsText on the reverse side: Coffee is the second most traded product in the world after petroleum. The Grand Café, in Oxford, is the site where Engla...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Star Wars astromech droid, often referred to as R2, served several masters over his lifetime. With independence and a...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first record player was commercially released to the masses back in 1895. The 60s and 70s became the golden age of vi...
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View full detailsText on the reverse side: C-3PO, the Star Wars droid was programmed primarily for etiquette and protocol. Impressively, he was fluent in over six m...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In 1928, when Walt Disney created Steamboat Willie in 1928, he only had two animators working for him. By the time he cre...
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View full detailsText on the reverse side: Headphones were introduced in the 70s for home-listening of records, weighing 1 to 2 kg. When Sony released the Walkman, ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Blank audio cassettes saw record sales in 1996 of over 2 billion. Although there are no precise figures, it is estimated ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: On board the Voyager, currently nearly 12 billion miles away from earth, are two of the most famous records in the univer...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In 1927, the first flash bulbs were produced by General Electric. The first bulbs were made of glass, but were eventually...
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View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first motion pictures were introduced back in the late 1800s, although it usually consisted of a single scene that la...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Sailing has been one of the longest running Olympic disciplines around. It has been a part of the games since 1896, and G...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The record for the most number of people (3,083 people) knitting together took place in September 2012 at the Royal Alber...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The TIE/LN starfighter or TIE/line starfighter from Star Wars, often called TIE Fighter or T/F, is often seen in huge num...
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View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Star Wars starfighter, commonly referred to as the B-wing, was a heavily armed Rebel Alliance single-pilot starfighte...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Checking the photo after snapping it on the camera is called chimping - commonly done when using a digital camera. With a...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: With the absence of gears, old fashioned bikes relied on having bigger wheels to propel a bigger push from the pedals for...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Until the 1890s, there were no golf bags, and caddies simply tied a strap around the clubs. The word, caddy is derived fr...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The English inventor Henry Mill had patented a similar machine long ago in 1714, which never seems to have gone into prod...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Made of lead, early toy trains had no moving parts with only some made with wheels that would actually turn. From around ...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The largest passenger plane is the Airbus A380, which is a double-decker four-engine jetliner. Making its first flight on...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In 1992, 28,000 rubber ducks were lost at sea from a shipping crate from Hong Kong to USA. Some have washed up on the sho...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: In 2013, a toilet paper roll made from 22-carat gold went on sale by the Australian company, Toilet Paper Man, with the p...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The oldest surviving terrestrial globe was made in 1492 by Martin Behaim (1459–1537). A6 size (148mm x 105mm) Luxury pe...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first stethoscope was invented in 1816 by French doctor René Laënnec. Prior to this invention, physicians would carry...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The Porsche 911 is undoubtedly one of the most iconic names in motoring, yet this name was initially set to be called the...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The first digital camera was developed by Kodak in 1975. It was dropped due to fears that it would threaten their photogr...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: Unclean smartphones can contain around 600 units of staphylococcus bacteria, in contrast to less than 20 units on a toile...
View full detailsText on the reverse side: The average golfer has a 12,500 to 1 chance of making a hole-in-one. Tiger Woods made his first hole-in-one at the age of...
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