In 1891, Chicago challenged engineers to create a structure to surpass the Eiffel Tower for the World’s Columbian Exposition. George Washington Gale Ferris jr. responded with the original Ferris Wheel, a giant rotating structure elevating visitors above the city. This invention became an iconic attraction at the fair. […]
In 2023, a Kenyan inventor Roy Allela invented smart gloves that can convert sign language movements into audio speech, for his six years old niece who was born deaf. […]
This Chand Baori stepwell in Rajasthan, India is over 1200 years old. It’s called Chand Baori. The air at the bottom of the well is 5-6 degrees cooler than at the surface, so in addition to being a water source, it was used as a community gathering place where locals could escape the heat. […]
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1850 Dmitri Mendeleev walked almost a thousand miles to Moscow so he could apply for the University of Moscow. Although he was not accepted, he walked to St. Petersburg where he was accepted, And with that education, he developed the the periodic table of the elements […]
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Louis Le Prince, the inventor of motion pictures, vanished without a trace in 1890. Thomas Edison quickly claimed the title of “first and sole inventor of cinema,” even taking Le Prince’s son to court to dispute it. A few years later, the son also dies under mysterious circumstances. […]
This is ‘Ketchup Leather’, designed as a ‘solution to soggy burgers’. […]
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A grandson invented an award winning Water Candy “Jelly Drops” to help Granda with Dementia. This Jelly Drop are 95% water, have extra electrolytes, sugar-free, and are popular among seniors, persons with Alzheimer’s, and other people who have struggle staying hydrated. […]
A 28-year-old scientist could receive the Nobel Prize for developing a new class of antibiotics that fight drug-resistant bacteria, but she only has months to live after being diagnosed with incurable heart cancer, and she says “There aren’t words to express how sad I feel’ about not seeing award.” […]
Henry Ford was the first Industrial Giant to give his employees both Saturday and Sunday off in the hope of encouraging more leisurely use of automobiles and thus popularizing the concept of the “weekend.” […]
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Roller coasters were invented to distract Americans from sin. In the 1880s, hosiery businessman LaMarcus Thompson didn’t like that Americans were going to places like saloons and brothels and created the first roller coaster on Coney Island to persuade them to go there instead. […]
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