#invention

Stories tagged “invention” in the Weird Science History archive — 10 stories connected by this topic.

• The Rose-Colored Glasses Farmers Bought by the Million — for Their Chickens
• The Rust Spray Named After the 39 Times It Didn't Work
• The Chemist Who Asked to Be Buried in the Pringles Can He Invented
• From Starving Horses to 'Bicycle Face': A Short History of the Bicycle
• The Twelve Leeches That Were Supposed to Ring a Bell When a Storm Was Coming
• The Canned Food That Arrived 48 Years Before the Can Opener
• The Wallpaper Cleaner Nobody Needed Anymore That Became Play-Doh
• The Million-Dollar Space Pen Myth — and the $128.89 Pencils NASA Actually Bought
• The Strange History of the Ballpoint Pen
• The Wallpaper That Failed and Became Bubble Wrap

Related topics: #chemistry #everyday objects #patents #19th century #animal behavior #Cold War #food history #meteorology