When was the School Bus invented?
In 1827, George Shillibeer introduced the first school bus for Quaker school at Abney Park in Stoke Newington in the North-East of United Kingdom. It was horse-drawn and designed to… Read more »
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When was Seismographs invented?
Around 132 A.D., a Chinese scholar Chang Heng created one of the earliest devices to detect earthquakes. In 1880, the British geologist John Milne, often known as the father of… Read more »
When was Dr Pepper invented?
A young pharmacist Charles Alderton invented the soft drink “Dr Pepper” in 1885 in Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas in the United States. At the 1904 Louisiana… Read more »
When was Postage Stamp invented?
In 1837, a schoolmaster Rowland Hill invented the adhesive postage stamp in England. On 6th May 1840 the first postage stamp was issued in England.
When was the Word Blog invented?
In December 1997, an American blogger named Jorn Barger coined the term weblog for the first time. In April or May 1999, Peter Merholz coined the short form, “blog” and… Read more »
When was Thermos invented?
The Scottish chemist and physicist James Dewar invented the first vacuum flask commonly known as thermos in 1892. In 1904, a German company Thermos GmbH was formed and the first… Read more »
When was Laffy Taffy invented?
In the 1970s, the Laffy Taffy candy was first produced. It is manufactured by Nestle and under the Willy Wonka Candy Company brand it is sold. The candies are available… Read more »
When were Blue Jeans invented?
The blue jeans were invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss.
When was Transistors invented?
In 1947, the American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brain and William Shockley invented the transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in the year… Read more »
When was Twitter invented?
Jack Dorsey produced Twitter in March 2006 and in the month July it was launched. In San Francisco the website is set up. It is sometimes described as “The SMS… Read more »