You have been wrong before: these things are not invented for you!


Coca Cola

US veterans of the civil war, but also the pharmacist of John Pemberton from the cola and coca leaf extract, was to do medical syrup. Later, he found that this syrup unique taste, and carbonated water mixed better, so as a beverage sales. And then another businessman will buy the formula, the Coca-Cola into a world-class drinks


Black dress

Until the 1920s, black clothing was a symbol of mourning. In 1926, cocoa Chanel sewing a little black dress, to commemorate the lover, won the Vogue praise. After the black dress by the film industry attention, and popular in the world


Karaoke OK

Japanese rock musician Daisuke Inoue, playing music for a cafe, so that customers can follow the singing. Once he was unable to attend, let the colleague use the tape instead. In 1971, he invented a machine that could play music without vocals, which was the prototype of karaoke


Treadmill

The prototype of the modern treadmill was invented by William Cupid in 1818. The user is a group of prisoners who hold the handrail and walk and run on the rotating stairway to grind the grain and produce the economic benefits


Notes paper

Dr. Spencer Silver invented a binder, but the viscosity is not enough, the object is easy to loose. His colleague Arthur Frye put it forward to use this binder to fix the bookmark in the book. Soon, the store appeared in the notes paper, and spread around the world


High heels

In ancient Egypt, high heels were the status of senior officials in participating in religious ceremonies. In addition, the butcher also like this shoe to avoid walking in a pool of blood. In medieval Europe, high heels were the privilege of nobility and later became more popular. To the twentieth century, modern high heels was invented


Bubble paper

By the engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes in 1957 invented, was originally used to do plastic wallpaper, but not so. Later they found that the material used for packaging, more advantages. So bubble paper in many areas become indispensable


pillow

In Mesopotamia, the pillow is exclusive to the rich. The hard pillow is mainly to avoid insects climbing into the hair and face. In ancient China, people think that soft pillows are useless, hard pillow material is usually bamboo, jade, porcelain, wood, etc.


Vaseline

In the mid-19th century, oil field staff often had to clean up the waxy material accumulated in the oil rig pump. However, the British chemist Robert Chespur found that this "oil frozen" is actually not waste. Vaseline has a wide range of uses, from repairing wounds to cleaning carpets, and of course

Rainbow Circle

Rainbow Circle was not originally a child's toy, but a tool on board. Navy engineer Richard James later discovered that this thing is very fun, so improved into children's toys. Rainbow ring soon appeared in the shop window, sales of hundreds of millions


tea bag

In 1904, Thomas Sullivan, a tea and coffee importer from New York, wanted to add more personality to the tea and put it into the silk bag, which made the customer very satisfied. On the other hand, in practice, we found that in the porous bag brewing tea is more convenient. So this is gradually popularized



Microwave oven

The microwave was not deliberately invented when someone was testing the radar equipment and found the radar's microwave to melt the chocolate bar in his pocket. So he put some corn on the magnetron ... which found the role of microwave for food processing, which is really great!

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