Weird Wednesday June 5: Inventions
Necessity is said to be the mother of invention. From getting tired of dragging stuff to bombing on improv night, there are countless untold stories of the origin of great ideas. Here are some notables:
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone after his Skip the Dishes order wasn’t delivered because his carrier pigeon got lost.
Ben Franklin invented electricity because of the switch on the wall that didn’t seem to do anything.
The Wright brothers invented the airplane when they overheard someone say they’d love to visit New York but really didn’t want to travel through New Jersey.
And finally…
The motivation for the flush toilet came in 1596 when a staff member of the royal family came out of the bathroom and said to Sir Thomas Harington, “Do not go in there.”
-Leon
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Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, and a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words.
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