Froggie Green
If an invention does not have a bizarre back-story of how it was actually invented then I guess it is safe to say that it was a pretty useless. I mean, did you even know that condoms were invented as a replacement for animal skin. I know, right? Imagine having something itchy and furry up your ding-dongs. Who knows when critter-bugs would start crawling out of it! *shivers*
Despite being utterly gross (or not, if you have certain kinks), if the condom story got you inspired to find out more about the origins of popular inventions, then read on because I just saved a lot of your research time by compiling some weird origins in a list down b elow!
• In the year 1952, John Hetrick, a retired industrial engineer, almost got into a car accident once, and just like Newton and the apple, her started thinking of all the whys. He was wondering if he could build a system of pillows, arranged in a way so that it can minimize the effect of the accident. Years later, Alan Breed invented a sensor that allowed the pillows to pop up and inflate as soon as they felt a force. Kind of like your ding-dong eh? *winks*
• We cannot really imagine our lives without ATM booths right now. The sheer amount of joy we feel when the cash comes slipping out is amazing! However, our favorite money supplier was not used by any respectable families when it came out, but by prostitutes and pimps. Which is why it turned into a flop in 6 months. It was not until a few years later, when another person took his sweet time (8 hours to be exact) to build more ATMs, and covered them with heavy iron to make sure thieves cannot steal anything. Within 4 months, there were 2000 ATMs spread all over the United States, and now we have millions across the globe.
• The band-aid was invented by the classic sweet and caring husband. Troubled by the fact that his wife worked so hard in the kitchen, and on top of that, had to sew the gauge on herself when she got a cut, he decided to make it simple for his beloved. The lovely husband, Dickinson, was working for Johnson & Johnson at that time, and he pitched his idea of a home-made band-aid, and the company instantly recognized its importance.
• Mints were invented by a man from Ohio and he called them lifesavers because of their shape. But it was not until Edward Noble, a wandering book seller and his friend G. Roy allen bought the mint business in 1913. During the United States Alcohol ban, the duo managed to sell the mints to people wanting to freshen their breaths because they had been secretly consuming alcohol.
• Lock and keys are probably one of the most important inventions out there. But did you know that before the keys were invented, people used bones instead?