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April 1st, 1889

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1889 the first dishwashing machine was marketed in Chicago. The marketing promised to relieve the tired housewife of the drudgery of having to wash dishes every night. Most housewives found that they still had to wash the stuck on food particles off the plates before sticking it in the … Continue reading →

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February 20, 1872

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1872, Silas Noble and J.P. Cooley patented the toothpick manufacturing machine. Before their patent each toothpick had to be hand carved. Instead of carrying a piece of wood in their pockets, many people would just use their knives and cut a sliver off the table wherever they were eating. … Continue reading →

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November 27, 1701

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1701, Anders Celsius was born in Uppsala, Sweden. He turned out to be an inquisitive young man interested in scientific pursuits and built the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory in 1740, the oldest observatory in Sweden. His brilliant scientific mind enabled him to invent the Celsius thermometer. Anders’s lesser known and … Continue reading →

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November 4, 1879

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Joel Byers

November 4, 2014 On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1879, James Ritty patented the first cash register. He did so to combat the stealing his bartenders were doing in his Dayton, Ohio saloon. The bartenders quickly learned the trick of putting every fifth dollar into their pocket instead of the cash register.

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October 31, 1815

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1815 Sir Humprey Davy of London patented the miner’s safety lamp. His subsequent invention of the miner’s canary hat proved less useful. The miners complained that the canary cage section of the helmet stuck too far above their head and would strike the ceiling of the tunnel and that … Continue reading →

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October 10, 1933

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1933 Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, went on sale. Many of the rural folk still residing in England were against this newfangled invention and muttered that “Ashes and pig piss was good enough for old grandma, it should be good enough for all”. Ashes and urine when mixed together … Continue reading →

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June 25, 1951

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1951 in New York, the first regular commercial color TV transmissions were presented on CBS using the FCC-approved CBS Color System. The general public did not own color TV’s at the time.

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June 4, 1935

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1935 “Invisible” glass was finally patented by Gerald Brown and Edward Pollard. They lost the first six samples they were going to take to the Patent Office and would have lost the seventh, if Mr. Brown’s out-of-work brother-in-law, Thomas, had not recommended that they put a dab of paint … Continue reading →

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May 31, 1884

Posted on May 31, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1884, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented “flaked cereal.” It was meant as a cure for onanism, but they found that if you added fruit, sugar, and milk, it became a delicious breakfast.

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May 24, 1844

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse formally opened America’s first telegraph line. The first message was sent from Washington, DC, to Baltimore, MD and it read “What hath God wrought?” The return message was, “Message received. Your wife has asked that you pick up milk and bread on your way home.”

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