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TIL that teabags were invented by accident. In 1908, a New York tea merchant sent tea samples to customers in small silk bags. The customers put the bags directly in hot water, and the teabag was born (www.tea.co.uk)

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Bonus: The Britons were reluctant to the new American invention for a long time. In the early 1960s tea bags only made up 3% of the market, but in 2007 it had risen to 96%.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back massagers, electric toothbrushes, and shower heads with a "pulse" setting are the trinity of body discovery.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When the firstHarry Potter movie came out the "flying" effect on the broom was just vibration. The reviews for it were incredible. "My six year old loves it but her twelve year old sister can't be separated from it. I had to get another one for my 17 year old daughter as well!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

That's actually very fitting if you do a bit of research into how the story of "witches flying by riding a broomstick" came to be.

Hint: sticking drugs into somewhere other than your mouth