1. Toilet — 2023-09-08 09:57:11

   … the bottom of the water tank, and a wash-down system. However it was not widely adopted because there was no supply of running water to flush it. === JF Brondel 1738 === In 1738, JF Brondel introduced the valve type flush toilet. === Alexander…

2. Mousetrap — 2023-08-31 23:02:31

   …stie" width="300" }} === Agatha Christie 1952 === ~-[[Arts]]:[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] The Mousetrap is the longest running stage play in the world. The story was adapted from a radio play, Three Blind Mice, written by [[Agatha_Christie]] for…
   …orlds **most translated** author and the second best fiction author after William [[Shakespeare]]. {{Tag ids="Longest running author play "}} …

3. Postage Stamp — 2021-11-06 16:32:56

   …ailable to the masses. == The postal reform that swept the world == It took only five months till the new system was running smoothly and soon other countries wanted the principle adopted for their mail service. == Early Life == Born in Kidde…

4. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   …chool in London. In 1951 and 1953, he won British championships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxford…

5. James Bond — 2021-08-20 10:49:07

   …ch. [[http://www.ianflemingcentre.com| Ian Fleming]] == James Bond 007 == The official 007 series is the '''longest running''' and '''most successful movie franchise''' in history. Spanning 26 films over a 50 year period. {{Image url="Drnono.…

6. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53

   …colleague, Christopher Chataway, recommended he involve some university friends Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. Norris was the timekeeper for Roger Bannister's sub [[four-minute_mile]] in 1954, whil…

7. Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14

   …ably reduced the incidence of gangrene. He subsequently published his results in The Lancet in a series of 6 articles, running from March through July 1867. He instructed surgeons to wear clean gloves and wash their hands before and after operat…

8. Nature Reserve — 2021-08-09 22:30:53

   … was educated at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. Waterton was an early opponent of '''pollution'''. He fought a long-running court case against the owners of a soapworks which had been set up near his estate in 1839 that leaked out poisonous ch…

9. Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19

   …ghan, an iron master from Carmarthen [[Wales]], patented the first ball bearing mechanism. He described how iron balls running in a groove between the wheel and axle would reduce friction in his patent of 1794. {{Image url="PatentBearings.jpg" c…

10. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

    …ball Association several clubs were unhappy over the removal of two draft rules, firstly the rule which allowed for the running with the ball in hand ( ''Handball Ref!'' ) and secondly, obstructing such a run by hacking (kicking an opponent in the…

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