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101 Things You Wish Youd Invented And Some You Wish No One Had

Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention from glass to underpants the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting of course the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance or millennia of evolution.. .And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut tut). Expand your knowledge of mans accomplishments in the most compelling - and irreverent - way possible.
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Marvel at the sheer brilliance of invention from glass to underpants the noble compass to the humble pencil. Not forgetting of course the undeniably indispensable banana suitcase. Filled with fascinating details about everything from the most common everyday object to inventions which changed society it will also distinguish the strokes of genius from discoveries of sheer chance or millennia of evolution.. . And reveal the real reason why Alfred Nobel had to establish a peace prize (tut tut). Expand your knowledge of mans accomplishments in the most compelling
- & irreverent
- way possible.

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Glass - A solid, typically transparent. Brittle and used in windows. The first patent granted in the UK was for Glass.
Banana - A fruit that is yellow and is peeled with a soft edible interior, long and curved in shape.

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