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Subject: Excerpt Of History
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:34:49 EDT
» In 1765, the sandwich was invented by John Montagu, the
fourth Earl of Sandwich, who gave the food its name. The
Earl used to order roast beef between pieces of toast for a
snack while he was at the gaming tables, it allowed him to
keep one hand free to play while he ate.
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» Centuries ago, men were told that the evil effects of
coffee would make them sterile; women were cautioned to
avoid caffeine unless they wanted to be barren.
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Inventor Gail Borden, Jr. invented condensed milk in the 1850s
and later the popular Lazy Susan table aid, but he struck out
with one other invention: the poorly-received "meat biscuit."
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England's first great industry was wool. Its export had become
the nation's largest source of income by the late Middle Ages.
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On November 23, 1835, Henry Burden of Troy, New York, developed
the first machine for manufacturing horseshoes. Burden later
oversaw the production of most of the horseshoes used by the Union
cavalry during the Civil War.
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