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All posts tagged
inventions
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August 1, 2018First Yelp Reviews of Significant Human Inventions
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April 5, 2017Cup! The Amazing Story of the World’s Greatest Container for Liquids
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September 24, 2015Sometimes I Have Conflicting Emotions About Having Invented the Internet
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January 28, 2015Dolph Lundgren’s 1986 Patent Application for a Modern Shopping Basket
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January 5, 2015The Creator of Truck Nutz On What Inspired His Invention
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April 10, 2014Let’s Make a Million Dollars!: A 20-Something Pitches Three Million-Dollar Ideas to an Older Businessman and In Doing So Sells Out His Generation
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February 14, 2014Let’s Make a Million Dollars!: Draft Catalog Copy for Five New Kinds of Sexy Underwear
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November 12, 2013Alexander Graham Bell’s First Five Phone Calls
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September 4, 2007Patents I Have Sought, And Failed, To Obtain
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January 13, 2006Dr. Phil’s Inventions
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July 29, 2022Thank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable
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August 31, 2017How to Log In to the Student Portal
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August 5, 2022An Open Letter to the White Mommy Blogger Who Posted a Recipe for Turmeric Energy Balls
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August 4, 2022For My Next Death-Defying Stunt, I Will Ride My Bike in This Bike Lane
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