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Although traditional thinking tells us that man’s best friend has always been the dog, common thinking has been that in the last century man has quietly become infatuated with a new best friend—namely, that square thing in his living room.

But where did the television come from? Although these days, you would be hard pressed to find a house without at least one television set in it, it may surprise you to know that even up to the 1970s televisions were considered something of a luxury and not the necessity that they have become today.

Baby strollers have come a long way in a history that spans nearly three hundred years. But just how far have they come? At first glance, you may think that today’s active strollers have nothing in common with the Victorian styled prams of the 1700s, but you may be surprised that they still share some very basic design features.

The evolutionary journey of the baby buggy is full of fits and stops, but it is a path clearly marked through history by several very big turns.

Did you know that one of the most politicized debates going on right now across the country isn’t security, the war on terror, or even the abortion debate?

This debate has caused the death of many political careers while at the same time launched others into the stratosphere. As you read this, there are people in just about every corner of the country taking up arms for the side they believe in.

The print cartridge is a necessity in today’s modern world, but do you know how it got started?

Would it surprise you to learn that the printer cartridge (as well as modern learning, for that matter) got its start in the bottom of an old wine press?

Take a look through this article and see for yourself. What began as a good idea in 1452 ended with one of the biggest developments in the history of the world…literacy for the masses. With it, the world could never have gotten to where we are now, and we surely would have gotten no further.

It may interest you to know that before 1991 web hosting as you know it today did not exist.

Then again, you probably wouldn’t recognize the internet before 1991, either. But to look at the history of website hosting, you have to look at the history of the internet itself. The internet may be the greatest media advancement since radio and television, but the internet as we know it today is powered by nearly 50 million websites forming its central nervous system.

Without websites, where could you go when you when you went online?

There are a lot of things you can do with money. Think about it for a second. In this day and age, money really is the grease that drives our society. We use it to acquire things that will cover our basic needs, and when those are taken care of we start taking care of our wants.

Some of us spend it as soon as we get it, while others hoard it away and pinch every penny. But did you know that you can also trade it?

Imagine for a second what a force trauma injury and subsequent change in lifestyle would do for your child. Damage to the frontal lobe could lead to many problems, such as memory impairment, educational or I.Q. dysfunction, or even the loss of the ability to read and write. Some emotional disturbances could also occur, such as hyperactivity, apathy, or inattentiveness.

It’s a horrific thought.

The history of air filters begins, not surprisingly, with firefighters. Long renowned as one of the most dangerous jobs on the planet, early firefighters had it especially tough. Imagine going into a house to make a rescue with nothing but a wet cloth tied around your face! John and Charles Dean changed all that in 1823 when they patented their new smoke-protecting device. It allowed for firefighters to be protected from the acrid smoke and dangerous chemicals in the air when they fought fires. Later, that device was adapted for use by underwater divers.

Just about everyone can relate to this.

You’re going through the mail, stacking the bills on one side and the junk mail on the other side when all of the sudden you come across your name delicately scrawled in perfect handwriting across a soft pink or blue envelope.

Thinking that it could be a letter from your Great Aunt May, and hoping desperately that this isn’t just a ploy by a collection company to make you feel bright and cheery before dropping a lawsuit in your lap, you open the envelope very carefully.

And there it is.