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In 1886, Thomas Edison bought a 15-acre estate in New Jersey's Llewellyn Park; today, Glenmont is the only home in the 420-acre community owned by the Park ServiceGlenmont, a Victorian property acquired by Thomas Edison in 1886, serves as a significant historical site. It is located within the private...- In 1912, Beulah Louise Henry patented a vacuum ice cream freezer; it became the first of more than 100 inventions that made her famous as “Lady Edison”Beulah Louise Henry, often referred to as Lady Edison, was a groundbreaking inventor who created over 100 innovative products throughout he...
- How one archaeologist’s drawings became an over 100 million dollar smuggling scandalIn 1959 British archeologist James Mellaart published drawings of a royal Bronze Age treasure that he said he had seen in a house in Izmir,...
- A stone fell onto an Iowa prairie in 1890; a farmer dug up a 66 pound meteorite and sold it for $105In 1890, an Iowa farmer sold a 66 pound meteorite for $105. A sheriff seized it, the buyer’s university took it back, and the Iowa Supreme ...
- Barbera Thornhill says her father invented a medical procedure so ‘millions of people’ can hear again; here is a fact check as she joins Katie Zacharia in making tall claimsBarbera Thornhill's recent role as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons has led to intense debate. Her appearan...
- In the 19th century, mysterious glyphs from Easter Island drew scholarly attention; more than 150 years later, the Rongorongo script remains undecipheredResearchers have provided new evidence that the rongorongo script could have emerged independently on Easter Island. A wooden tablet was da...
- Redesigning six measuring spoons into two foldable tools wins Indian-origin creator Rahul Agarwal $350,000 on Shark Tank USAIndian designer Rahul Agarwal secured a $350,000 deal on Shark Tank USA for his origami-inspired foldable measuring spoon. His company, Pol...
- Before 1850, Americans grew Dyer’s woad for blue dye; in the Great Basin, one infestation later grew from 12,000 to 150,000 acres in eight yearsDyer's woad, once used for blue dye, has become an invasive species in the American West. This plant produces a high number of seeds and th...
- In 1888, William Seward Burroughs patented a calculating machine designed to help reduce bookkeeping errors; by 1926, his company had produced its millionth adding machineIn the 1880s, William Seward Burroughs created the Burroughs Adding Machine, a revolutionary calculating device tailored for bank clerks. T...
- AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP: Anthropic's Clark tells policymakersClark, speaking at IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, said that international cooperation was needed to erect "unusual and seri...
- In 1886, William Stanley lit a Massachusetts Main Street with a new AC system; his transformer proved electricity could travel farther and still be used safelyOn 20 March 1886, William Stanley Jr. successfully demonstrated a transformer system for electrical distribution in Great Barrington, Massa...
- Boxing legend George Foreman's Huffman estate in Texas up for grabs for $6 millionGeorge Foreman's Huffman estate in Texas has been listed for $6 million, nearly 19 months after legendary boxing champion died in March 202...
- ‘Trump administration isn’t even trying to hide the aliens’: Who is Barbera Thornhill? 78-year-old envoy and inventor’s daughter compared to Susan Dell over ‘Mar-a-Lago face’Barbera Thornhill has recently been appointed as the Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, with the announcemen...
- AYUSH sees rise in patents filings showcasing innovation growth; 4,077 applications filed from 2014 to 2026Ayush-related Intellectual Property activity has seen substantial growth, with over 4,000 patent applications from 2014 to 2026. The Minist...
- US Midterms are getting nasty: Why are candidates borrowing Donald Trump’s name-calling playbookCampaigns are fighting for attention in a busy news cycle. A sharp attack can shape how voters see a rival before they hear the policy deba...
- In 2019, Amsterdam began using bubble barriers to catch river plastic. Now the US wants to bring the technology to the Great LakesLansing is considering implementing the Bubble Barrier technology, initially developed in Amsterdam, to address plastic pollution. This inn...
- In 1876, Washington, D.C., opened an incline plane that lowered canal boats to the Potomac River inside a water-filled tank weighing about 400 tons when fullIn the 1870s, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal encountered serious challenges when attempting to move boats to the Potomac River. To overcome th...
- A rare-book dealer acquired a medieval manuscript filled with strange writing in 1912; 114 years later, no decipherment has won broad acceptanceThe Voynich Manuscript is one of history's greatest unsolved mysteries. The medieval document, illustrated and bought in 1912 by rare-book ...
- Bill Gates warns cyberattacks most imminent AI threatBill Gates highlighted the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence during a recent interview. He expressed concern about bad actors ...
- Dogs understand what humans are saying? They understand our languages in ways we don't understand, says new evidenceDogs may be processing human speech in ways scientists have not fully understood. A new study has found that their brains can identify word...
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