Firsts: Origins of Everyday Things That Changed the World

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Penguin, Oct 6, 2009 - Reference - 256 pages

For anyone who ever wanted to know the history of the chocolate chip cookie, earmuffs, and Daylight Savings!

Firsts, history through the milestones of human achievement, are fun. And Wilson Casey, trivia expert, has collected over 500 firsts in nearly every major category of culture: from fashion to food, politics to science, entertainment to art to architecture. Each 'first' is a full explanation of the topic at hand, written in a humorous yet authoritative style. It includes:

?The true history of the golf tee

?How a blind man came up with cruise control

?The myth behind the origins of the Caesar salad

?Why and how the first dieter dieted

 

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Contents

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 24
Section 25
Section 26
Section 27
Section 28
Section 29
Section 30
Section 31

Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23
Section 32
Section 33
Section 34
Section 35
Section 36
Section 37
Section 38
Section 39
Section 40
Section 41
Section 42
Section 43
Section 44
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