Thursday, 10 February 2011
Fire Extinguisher
On this day in 1863, the fire extinguisher was patented by celebrated chemist Ambrose Godfrey. Godfrey's initial invention used a solution distilled from boiled urine (containing phosphorus) which was explosively dispersed onto the fire using gunpowder.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Bovril
If you put a litre of hot bovril into the freezer, it reverts back into a delicious sirloin steak.
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