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Google Doodle celebrates physicist Joseph Plateau, whose invention led to cinema

Google on Monday is celebrating the 218th birthday of Belgian physicist Joseph Antoine Plateau with a Doodle that highlights his invention, the phénakistiscope, which created the illusion of a moving …
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Google celebrates invention of internet, while creator draws more cynical view

Google on Tuesday celebrated the 30th anniversary of the World Wide Web with a unique Google Doodle, while the creator of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee, lamented the direction it has taken over the ye…
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Chillicothe celebrates 90th anniversary of sliced bread invention with annual festival

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — One of the greatest inventions in history was first sold 90 years ago Saturday. The Chillicothe Baking Company in Chillicothe, Missouri, first sold sliced bread on July 7, 1928, an…
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Google celebrates the invention of the hole puncher with a new Doodle

Nov. 14 (UPI) –Google is paying tribute to the hole puncher with a new Doodle. Google’s homepage features an animated sequence featuring a hole puncher hovering over a piece of paper and punching out two eyes and a happy face. The piece of paper …
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Seattle nonprofit celebrates 40 years of life-saving inventions – KING5.com


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Seattle nonprofit celebrates 40 years of life-saving inventions
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In a South Lake Union work shop, lives are being saved one invention at a time. "There's not much we can't make, test, evaluate, produce," said Mike Eisenstein of the 40-year-old nonprofit, PATH. The workshop is where a team of ten — many of them, …

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention’s ‘Absolutely Free’ Celebrates 50th With Newly Expanded 2 LP

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, it’s hard to believe what a great breadth of amazing music was created in the span of just one year. One of the most revolutionary releases of that year was Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention …
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