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8 09, 2017

Where does chewing gum come from? Central America

By |2019-03-25T06:36:10-07:00September 8th, 2017|Central America, Food|Comments Off on Where does chewing gum come from? Central America

Sapodilla tree - where chewing gum comes from Who invented chewing gum? Nobody knows when the first person began to chew gobs of sap from trees, but it was probably [...]

7 08, 2017

History of Bicycles – Steel and feminism

By |2019-02-13T20:34:07-08:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Science|Comments Off on History of Bicycles – Steel and feminism

A velocipede Early wooden bicycles Bicycles were invented bit by bit in many different countries. They grew out of earlier inventions like wheels (from Central Asia) and wheelbarrows and cranks (from China), but Karl [...]

8 06, 2017

Medieval and modern knitting history

By |2019-10-27T14:17:44-07:00June 8th, 2017|Clothing, Modern Europe|Comments Off on Medieval and modern knitting history

Modern knitting history: Stocking frame knitting machine (1750) Knitting silk stockings In the 1500s AD, knitters in Spain and France started to produce very fine knitted silk stockings, with little tiny [...]

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