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Inventions
The zipper took 30 years to catch on
Patented in the 1890s and refined in 1913, the zipper only became common after the 1930s, when it was marketed on children's clothes as a way to teach self-reliance.
Inventions
The ballpoint pen was designed by a newspaper editor
Laszlo Biro noticed newsprint ink dried instantly and paired thick ink with a rotating ball in the 1930s, ending the age of leaky fountain pens.
Inventions
QWERTY was designed around mechanical jams
Keys were spread out so common letter pairs would not clash on early typewriters. The layout outlived the machines it was made for.