In 1885, an English psychiatrist published the case of a man called W.B., who had spent much of his life cycling through jail ...

Waterbeds, as we know them, were invented in 1968, just after the "Summer of Love." Charlie Hall: A very open, experimental time in San Francisco. Narrator: That's Charlie Hall, the man who ...

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It took 2 weeks to build the gun. And as soon as it was finished, I call the guy up at Laramie, because I didn't want him to forget my conversation. I got my suitcase and went in, and of course I ...

So Shepherd-Barron became known as the "man who invented the cash machine" and not Goodfellow, the man who patented the system we use today. John Shepherd-Barron's cash machine was the first to be ...

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In 1972, French journalist Franklin Loufrani was tasked with spearheading a feel-good campaign for the France Soir newspaper. The publication’s goal was to counter widespread social and ...

"I did my debrief on my own, but then it was pretty easy to do," he said. "I'm not the guy who invented tennis, you know," he said. "So it was easy. I mean, yesterday I was not aggressive enough.