Common Inventions We Use Today: Their Weird & Wonderful Origin Stories
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About the Episode
How did things we see every day come to be? Charlotte discusses the origin stories of some common inventions we use a lot today, and some of them might have happened in ways you don’t expect.
Inventions talked about:
- The stethoscope
- General anaesthetic
- The t-shirt
- Post-It Notes
- Chewing gum
- The Slinky
Links & Resources
- The Funniest Invention Origin Stories
- 9 Brilliant Inventions Made by Mistake
- Science Diction: The Origin Of ‘Stethoscope’
- Open Wide, This Won’t Hurt a Bit: The Discovery of Anesthesia
- History of Anesthesia | Dr. William Morton
- T-shirt – Wikipedia
- History and Invention of the Post-It Note
- Chew on This: The History of Gum
- The Accidental Invention of the Slinky
