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Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…Faraday 1831 ==== ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[Technology Technology]]:[[1800s]] {{{toc}}} British physicist and chemist, best known for his discoveries of electromagnetic induction and of the laws of electrolysis and his **invention of the elect…
Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31
… November 2012. {{Image url="Mousetrap.jpg" class="left" title="Christie Mousetrap promotion print" width="200" }} == Best Present == Christie gave the rights for the play to her grandson Matthew Prichard as a 9th birthday present, he wanted…
…r at least six months.// == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the worlds **most translated** author and the second best fiction author after William [[Shakespeare]]. {{Tag ids="Longest running author play "}} …
Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42
…these fraught years of 1940-1945 - through **Dunkirk**, the **Battle of Britain** and the **Blitz** - that Churchill is best remembered. He lead Britain to victory in Europe in 1945. == Death == Sir Winston Churchill took his final journey on…
Lava Lamp — 2022-08-29 08:39:00
…atory in a small shed he mixed together various ingredients in bottles of different shapes and sizes. He discovered the best container for the job was a Lucozade bottle and it is that shape that has defined the shape of Astro Lamps up until the…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…ree**'s chocolate covered wafer bar was first introduced in [[England]] in 1935 and was renamed #%KitKat#% in 1937. The best selling chocolate bar in the world began life in [[Yorkshire]]. This product was developed as a four-finger wafer crisp…
Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51
…ts. Chaplin also received his only Oscar for his composition work, as the** Limelight theme** won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1973. …
Automatic Kettle — 2021-08-14 20:44:42
…ctric kettles boil the water by making it live, if the kettle was not switched off in time, it could boil dry, which at best would wreck the kettle, and at worst could cause a fire. ::c:: == 1960 K2 == {{image url="K2_1960.jpg" class="right" …
Agatha Christie — 2021-08-14 20:41:37
…atha Christie == ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[Literature]]:[[1800s]] The Guinness Book of World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion. === Torquay England 1890 === Born **Agatha Mary …
…ied on January 12, 1976. == Top Author == Agatha Christie is also the worlds **most translated** author and the second best fiction author after William [[Shakespeare]]. {{tag ids="Torquay 1890 Writer Mystery Poirot Marple"}} …
Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19
…USA** alone, truly amazing. == Top Seller == The book '''Scouting for Boys''' is now in fourth place in the all time best sellers list, behind the Bible, the Koran and Mao-Tse-Tung's Little Red Book selling around **150 million** copies sinc…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…here. **Napoleon III** had a large army and in 1870 he needed one million cans of beef to feed his troops. The person best positioned to fulfill this task of providing all this beef was a [[Scotland | Scotsman]] living in Canada named **John …
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…, vegetables, fruit and more all over the world. Many **billions** of cans are sold every year throughout the world and best of all, it's **recyclable!** {{Datediff from="1/1/1810" }} years later, the food can is a life changing and life saving…
Cyclonic Vacuum Cleaner — 2020-08-15 09:18:21
…}} In 1992 Dyson takes out Patent # 5,090,976 (US) for Dual cyclonic vacuum cleaner. By 1995 The Dyson DC01 became the best-selling vacuum cleaner in the UK. == Competition Regrets == Hoover's vice president for Europe, Mike Rutter, said on …
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…= ~- [[CategoryFood]]::[[1800s]] William Kitchiner’s 1822 cookbook Apicius Redivivus **'The Cook’s Oracle'** was a best selling book in Britain //and// the USA. It includes the first recipe for potato crisps: “**Potatoes fried in Slice…
Greenwich Meridian — 2020-08-06 08:03:21
…ometer that the longitude at sea was fully mastered. Flamsteed had installed state-of-the-art pendulum clocks by the best clockmaker and set these clocks to the local time, Greenwich Mean Time. Flamsteed’s catalogue of stars become the sta…
Underground Railway — 2019-10-23 19:35:16
…tives. /* event_date="10 January 1863" The world's first underground railway opens. */ == Innovation == {{Image url="TubeSteamTrain.jpg" class="left" title="Underground Steam Train" width="500" }} One of the more interesting railway innovation…
Angus Cattle — 2019-08-31 10:40:52
… quality and character. Hugh Watson could be considered the founder of the breed, and was instrumental in selecting the best black, polled animals for his herd. His favorite bull was Old Jock, who was born 1842 and sired by Grey-Breasted Jock. …
Harry Potter — 2018-10-10 17:06:49
…150" }} Around **450 million** Harry Potter books had been sold in 73 different languages as of mid-2013, making it the best-selling book series of all time. Harry Potter is a global brand worth around** £10 billion**, and the last four Harry…
Thriller — 2017-05-19 15:12:25
…omposer, producer and musician from Cleethorpes, [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]], wrote the iconic title track for the **best-selling album** ever **Thriller** by **Michael Jackson**. {{Image url="Thrillercover.jpg" class="left" title="Thrille…
Beatrix Potter — 2016-07-23 14:22:52
…lace="London" death_date="22 December 1943" death_place="Sawrey" }} {{toc}} Beatrix Potter is still one of the world's best-selling and best-loved children's authors. She wrote and illustrated 28 books that have been translated into more than …
…, for the exorbitant sum of 4/6'//. He was to prove a sound investment. Peter lent his first name to one of the world's best-loved fictional characters and earned Beatrix Potter enduring international acclaim. ::c:: == The Tailor of Glouceste…

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