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Does anyone remember the fountain pen?
You may have seen them; horrible things with rubber bladders that sucked up a supply of black stuff from an inkwell on the school desk, and then squirted all over your clothes. More than one mother cursed Lewis Waterman, who patented the infernal devices back in 1884. His was the [...]
A new U.S. $1 coin, bearing the likeness of George Washington, was pressed into circulation in time for 275th celebration of the first president’s birthday.
The Federal Reserve, distribution agent for the U.S. Mint, placed orders for 300 million of the Washington coins, which are gold in color and slightly larger and thicker than a quarter.
The [...]
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