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Vitamins have an extremely long history, though until relatively recently it was not one that had been recognized. In ancient times, when mankind gave up the nomadic lifestyle of the hunter gatherer and formed early cities and developed the beginnings of fixed and sustainable agriculture; it was soon realized and noted by the ancient scribes of Sumeria (in present day Iraq) that food could affect health in more subtle ways than to simply keep people alive.

Precisely where and when the first wedding was held will never be known, but it was an important turning point in human society. The tribes of prehistory were nomadic in nature, grouping together for protection against predators like saber-toothed cats, wolves and bears, and also to make it easier to secure water and their own hunting territories against rival groups.

Who invented the light bulb then? An easy enough question to answer you might think. After all, every American schoolboy (and girl) surely knows that the great American scientific genius and inventor, Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb in 1879. He of the near incredible 1300 inventions and patents. There’s a difference there; invention and patent.

When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876 (okay, there are claims others did before, but he filed for the patent first and he is the officially credited inventor), he soon realized that to be a success and genuinely revolutionize the way humans communicate the system would have to work over long distance, or run the risk of remaining little more than an interesting gadget for academics to mull over. So it did not take him long to improve the range. In that notable twelve months it was extended from around 8 miles to a distance of 143 miles at year’s end.

Hearing aids may have a comical side to them (though not if you need one), and be a popular subject for mayhem in cartoons and from comedy shows; though less so nowadays in our increasingly sensitive times. But they have gotten smaller, more discreet and more effective as technological advances have come upon the scene, and this fact could be as much responsible for the lessening of joking asides and assaults as is the fear of legal action or the now encouraged thoughtfulness.

They say the Internet is vast; and it truly is. With seemingly limitless enthusiasm, humanity marches forever onwards (and hopefully upwards as well, though unfortunately not in many cases) in its quest and thirst for knowledge and information.

Golf is truly one of the great sports of the world, being played in almost every country to a greater or lesser extent, and being enthusiastically followed by millions more on television who have never themselves teed off or sunk a putt, but still can appreciate and love the game from the comfort of their armchair (feeling especially smug when the weather is not at its finest for the players).

But where did it all begin? And how did the simple idea of hitting a small ball into a hole with a misshapen stick capture such a following?

The wedding ring, that most famous and instantly recognizable symbol of the
(hopefully perpetual) joining of a man and a woman as husband and wife in the
institution of marriage, has a long, wide spread and mysterious history. Its
beginnings lie in the deserts of North Africa, where the ancient Egyptian
civilization sprang up along the fertile flood plains of the river Nile. This
river was bringer of all fortune and life to the Pharaoh’s people and from
plants growing on its’ banks were the first wedding rings fashioned. Sedges,

Magnetism has always intrigued scholars and ordinary folk alike with its mysterious, magical seeming powers, but what about the potential healing effects on human and animal health and wellness that this force supposedly can bring about?

Well right from the start, a therapeutic value was suspected to be originating from this mysterious substance that sprung directly from Mother Earth.

Exactly when and where the history of the automobile - surely one of the most important machines in modern society - began is up for debate as it depends on what definition of an automobile is applied to the question.

The word itself is derived from the Greek word `autos’ meaning `self’ and the Latin word `mobilis’ which translates as `moving’. This term was coined as far back as the 14th Century by an Italian engineer called Martini, who drew up plans for a crankshaft driven four wheeled vehicle, but unfortunately never got around to building one.