#inventing history

[secular-jew]

The shopping cart was created by Jewish inventor Sylvan Goldman, born in 1898 to Jewish immigrants in Oklahoma. After serving in WWI, Sylvan opened a wholesale fruit and produce store with his brother Alfred. During a trip to California, the brothers observed the rise of a new concept in shopping: the supermarket, which introduced the convenience of having a variety of products all under one roof. Soon, they purchased several grocery stores and markets across Oklahoma, pioneering the supermarket concept in their home state. In 1934, Sylvan purchased the struggling Humpty-Dumpty grocery chain and noticed that customers were limited in their purchases by what could fit in a handheld basket. His idea was to combine a carriage with a wire basket, and so, in 1937, the shopping cart was born. The rest, as they say, is history. Sylvan revolutionized shopping, and today, on average, Americans use 15 million shopping carts each day.

Photo: Goldman in 1976, Oklahoma Historical Society

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

hero/villain showdown but one of them has a spontaneous medical emergency and the battle gets put on hold while their archnemesis drives them to Urgent Care

[ourrace-sexraceandculture]

Idc how many executive orders Donald Trump puts his signature on, Black History Month is here to stay!

We invented EVERYTHING, including White people!

Where's the lie?

[facts-i-just-made-up]

Who invented autism?

The famous Italian inventor, Leoneuro di Vergent.

[afriblaq]

wdcharities

Black inventors have shaped the world in ways you may not even realize! From the traffic light (Garrett Morgan) to the home security system (Marie Van Brittan Brown), and even the super soaker (Lonnie Johnson)—Black brilliance is everywhere. This #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s celebrate the innovators who changed our daily lives!

[steampunktendencies]

Keaton Music Typewriter, Circa 1936

The Keaton Music Typewriter, invented around 1936, revolutionized music publishing. With a specialized keyboard for musical symbols, it allowed for quick and accurate typing of sheet music. This innovation significantly sped up the production process, meeting the high demand for printed music in the 1930s.

[yesterdaysprint]

Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, August 16, 1918

[caitlinjohns77]

[dreadandbread]

People who are antisemitic are so silly. Like oh you wanna talk shit about Jews? Ok then give me everything you own invented by a Jew; your iPhone, Wi-Fi, your car, your birth control pills, anything with a barcode, GPS, bra, video games, pens, aspirin, flash drive, cards with chips, remote controls, condoms, computers , clothes made with a sewing machine…. You know what just give me your wallet while we’re at it

[queen-esther]

My woke opinion is that I don’t have an issue with Juneteenth being a federal holiday.

[kexytimes]

I forgot how much I enjoyed drawing Andromache and so I've just kinda been sketching her and Hector for most of the day lol

[aqlstar]

Why am I just now finding out that Greek Fire was invented by a Jew??

Apparently he fled Syria after the Arab conquest and gave the recipe to the Byzantine Emperor so that they could repel the Arab naval fleet approaching Constantinople.

0% Greek but 100% everything is on fire

[ourrace-sexraceandculture]

FUCK OFF!!!

[july-19th-club]

one thing i know for sure to be true about lassie is that he does not actually, depsite what you'd think, vote republican. but this is NOT because he's secretly extremely liberal or something not at all. what he does is he either doesn't vote at all, ever, not even in local stuff, or he only votes when he can write in an obscure candidate who founded their own party that caters to his esoteric and contradictory self-sufficiency-hound who is a government employee and happy about it political views . he's insufferable in any sort of ideological talk, but he's undeniably not boring to listen to

[unbfacts]

Philo Farnsworth, who invented electronic television, was disheartened by its applications, believing it hadn't met his educational goals. But on July 20, 1969, while watching Neil Armstrong's moonwalk live, he told his wife, "Pem, this has made it all worthwhile."

[steampunktendencies]

A 19th Century Technological Marvel: The First Production Typewriter!

The Malling-Hansen Writing Ball, invented in 1865 by Danish genius Rasmus Malling-Hansen, is a true marvel of technological innovation. Only 180 units were made, and just six remain today.

With its unique design placing vowels on the left and consonants on the right, this revolutionary machine is a treasure from the 19th century.