How was it invented? and why? How did it become so valuable?
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Money has a history lasting thousands of years. Numismatics is the scientific study of money and its history in all its varied forms.\n\nClick the link for a bunch of information.
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Invented by Sylvester Poon in 1897, first known as arsewipes\nbut didn`t sell so changed name one year later.
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The picture is photo-shopped, and the technology is no where near a cloak like that depicted being patented.  The research decribed is talking about individual nano-particles (meaning less than a millionth of a meter).  Maybe one day, but I seriously doubt it will be any time in the next 200 years (and probably not even then).  The technology is amazingly complex.
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His name was Alessandro Volta.  Alessandro Volta discovered the first practical method of generating electricity.  In 1800, he arranged zinc and copper discs in a column and invented the battery.  His most famous invention was the voltic pile. \n\nThese links should give you all the good stuff!
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I think it is wack.  The guy who invented it used to say that if you wanted to get rich in today's world, invent a religion,  Then a few years later, he did it.\n\nOne way they hook you is, they charge you for every thing you do.  What other religion does that?\n\nThe other way they really hook you is, they ask you to 'cleanse' yourself by telling them whatever you may be ashamed of, secrets, whatever.  Then they can just use this against you later to blackmail you with.  Standard operating procedure over there.\n\n  So they make it very hard for you to leave (Michael Jackson is one of the few who have done so successfully -- either he wasn't weird enough, or too weird),leaving you no option but to stay, then they charge you for each level of advancement or step towards it.\n\nOne other thing: I read a book about Hubbard, the founder. \nThere are a million examples of him being full of shit. One time a bunch of cronies went with him to a movie.  They all liked it, and afterward he said, "Oh yeah, I wrote it" which later proved to be total BS but shows you the type of guy he was.  He was a total scammer from the word go.
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EDIT: Didnt look at the link carefully enough.\n\nSounds....innovative.
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Check out the information on ebay or amazon.  It will give you ideas.  Imitation is the mother of invention.
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A penny with a hole in it is worthless because you can't spend it, so it is hopeless - there's no help for it since you obviously can't fix the hole in the penny. That's what it means. I don't know the origin though - sorry! Will look it up first and I'll get back to you if I find it.
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Basket ball was invented at Springfield, Mass. (home of the hall of fame) by a school teacher who wanted to add recreation by allowing children to throw a ball through a basket held at an elevation well above the children.  I understand it was something like a peach basket with the bottom removed.\n\nIn high school, I played on an intramural basketball team called the "Slowfoot Five" and we had an undefeated season (even though I did not score a single point - but I was tall).  I did save one game by preventing forfeiture when our star player had to be late (that was my job!).  Our shortest player Russy (shortest in our school) saved one game in the last few seconds when he lobbed a ball in a high arc the full lenght of the half-court we played and scored the winning basket that landed like a coin and took its time to fall through.  But he beat the Ref.'s whistle and we won by one point.  Thus the game was evolved to provide lots of excitement.  Good luck.
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Ever hear of the Nobel Prize? It´s instigated in the honor of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel who "discovered" dynamite. Here´s some facts:\n\nNobel found that when nitroglycerin was incorporated in an absorbent inert substance like kieselguhr (diatomaceous earth) it became safer and more convenient to manipulate, and this mixture he patented in 1867 as dynamite.\n\nSeveral explosions were reported at their family-owned factory in Heleneborg, and a disastrous one in 1864 killed Alfred's younger brother Emil and several other workers.
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It was invented by a Japanese singer named Daisuke Inoue who was asked by frequent guests in the Utagoe Kissa where he performed to provide a recording of his performance so that they could sing along on a company-sponsored vacation. Realizing the potential for the market, Inoue made a tape recorder that played a song for a 100-yen coin. This was the first karaoke machine. Instead of selling karaoke machines, he leased them out, so that stores did not have to buy new songs on their own. Originally it was considered a fad which was lacking the "live atmosphere" of a real performance. It was also regarded as somewhat expensive since 100 yen in the 1970s was the price of two typical lunches. However, it caught on as a popular entertainment.. Not strange to want to stay at home, the only form of entertainment in rural areas was singing & dancing with their friends and family. These days, just about every bar has karaoke so you can out with friends and make a fool of yourself in public instead of just at home. Check out the link--it's got some pretty good stuff about the history of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke
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A woman invented it for all the times you have left the seat up and we get wet from falling in, in the middle of the night.\n\nEye for an eye, buddy.
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Hey Maira! where do you get these ideas frm!!!\n\nI used to collect proverbs, paintings (not those original ones worth millions of dollars).  I collectd them because I like them. And that's my answer to your question!\n\nPeople collect things they like. We have interest in the things we like, and we want to possess as many of them as possible. But that's not always possible for many things because of social/financial/time constraints.\n\nWhen we have a large collection of our collection (!), we are happy to see it, and like to show/share it with others having similar interests.\n\nNow I collect and share love!\n\nVick.
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Inventions\n\nLike many scientists of the Early Modern era Hooke was also a prolific inventor. Some of Hooke's inventions that are still in use:\n\n    * The first anemometer.\n    * The first recording weather station.\n    * A thermometer.\n    * The universal joint.\n    * The spirit level.\n    * The use of rhumb lines to navigate a great circle route.\n    * The compound microscope.\n    * The first Gregorian telescope.\n    * Developed the air pump for Boyle.\n    * The spring driven clock and spring balance wheel.\n    * The anchor escapement for clocks.\n    * The iris diaphragm used in cameras.\n    * Telescope crosshair sight.\n    * The sash window.
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i would say the AC/DC motor. Invented far ahead of it's time and still being used today.  From air conditioners to alternators, even electricity from Hydroelectric dams. The best invention that's keeps on giving for free.  Generators that if you turn create electricity or if Fed electricity it would turn.  Works one way and same thing the other way around.  Also the wheel it was a beautiful invention and still is in use today.
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I've looked for near an hour and for the life of me I can't the history of it.  I thought it would be pretty simple, but boy was I ever wrong.  I'm sure you already found the sites that make and sell them, not to mention an airplane called a Windsock, but all the help I can give you today is good luck.  Sorry I couldn't help.  But I had to give you some sort of answer because nobody else has posted anything.
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Sorry, never heard of it. Sounds interesting tough. Will it keep you young? *s*\n\nI've listed the founder's web site. I think maybe if you check out their forum will might just get the info you wanted.....for free. Good luck\nhttp://boards.sethroberts.net/